Tips for Effective Special Education Teams “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” This quote from Henry Ford demonstrates an effective teaming process. Effective teams take time, commitment, and trust to work. I’ve...
The last part of this series of Effective IEP Meetings is accommodations and modifications. Continue to use the IEP Connection Worksheet for alignment and the Accommodation Guidance Tool. This section asks the team to consider what accommodations or modifications are...
The service section is the next portion of the IEP when using the IEP Connection Worksheet to ensure alignment across all areas of the IEP. Services are directly related to the time and instruction needed to support the goals. Connection starts with the needs...
The next section in the IEP is Goals. The IEP goals are designed to be ambitious. They are also meant for the student to make progress over a year and should address the needs that were identified in the PLAAFP. Goals are related to the student’s disability and are...
Present Levels of Academic and Functional Performance (PLAAFP) is to me the most important and essential section of the IEP. The PLAAFP is the heart of an IEP, everything can be connected back to it. Make sure to include strengths as well as areas of need. A strong...
