IEP Success
Companion Guide
The Individualized Education Program (IEP) Success Companion Guide: Strategies for Collaborative and Student-Centered IEPs is a joint effort of the High-Quality IEPs and Pathways to Partnership projects.
This essential resource provides a structured approach to fostering student-centered, collaborative, and legally compliant IEP meetings. It equips educators with the knowledge and tools needed to create meaningful and inclusive experiences for students and families, ensuring that the IEPs they create together are not just procedural documents but transformative opportunities for student growth and empowerment. Consider using the IEP Success Companion Guide in conjunction with the High Quality IEP Toolkits.
Navigating the complexities of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting requires thoughtful planning and a well-organized approach. This resource focuses on the logistics of the IEP meeting, ensuring a smooth and productive process as well as introduces student-centered and asset-based IEP strategies that prioritize the student's strengths and needs. It also highlights the importance of creating a collaborative environment where everyone's voice is heard, fostering a positive and supportive experience for all.
This resource provides a sample IEP meeting agenda tailored for both triennial and annual reviews. Feel free to customize it to suit your specific needs.
Tools This resource offers an annotated IEP meeting agenda sample, complete with detailed guidance and a breakdown of each agenda item.
This template provides a sample of frequently used IEP meeting norms. It’s recommended to limit your norms to no more than five. Feel free to customize to meet the needs of your IEP team.
This resource offers examples of meeting norms categorized by specific areas. You can use it to create customized norms for your IEP meetings, tailored to the unique needs of each IEP team. Limiting your norms to no more than five is recommended.
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