This resource outlines key responsibilities for maintaining legal compliance and accountability throughout the IEP meeting. It provides guidance on ensuring educational benefit, aligning decisions with IDEA requirements, and facilitating meaningful collaboration among team members. Covering assessment, present levels, goal setting, and supports, this resource helps administrative designees and educators uphold procedural and substantive compliance while prioritizing student success.

This resource provides practical strategies for developing IEPs that focus on students' strengths, interests, and potential. It emphasizes asset-based goal setting, personalized interventions, collaborative planning, and progress monitoring to create meaningful, student-centered learning experiences. By shifting the focus from deficits to opportunities, these strategies foster self-advocacy, resilience, and long-term success.

This resource offers key strategies on managing the logistics of an effective and student-centered IEP meeting. It covers key aspects such as assigning roles, facilitation strategies, meeting norms, agenda setting, note-taking, and ensuring meaningful participation from all team members. By implementing these best practices, educators and administrators can create an inclusive and productive IEP process that prioritizes collaboration, efficiency, and student success.

This resource highlights strategies to foster collaboration, engagement, and effective communication during IEP meetings. It provides guidance on setting a positive tone, active listening techniques, managing disagreements, and ensuring all team members—especially parents and students—feel valued and heard.