Dr. William Allan Kritsonis - Special Education PPT.

1. Special Education
William Allan Kritsonis, PhD
IEP

2. What is an IEP?
• The Individualized education Program is a
written statement for a student with a
disability that is developed, reviewed and
revised in a meeting of a committee on
Special Education.

3. The law requires that the IEP must
contain:
• A statement of the child’s present levels of educational
performance
• A statement of measurable annual goals including short
terms objectives if the student is assessed below grade
level
• A statement of the special education, related services,
supplementary aids and services, program modifications,
and support for school personnel that will be provided to,
or on behalf of, the child;
• An explanation of any exclusion of the child from the
regular classroom and extracurricular activities

4. Cont.
• A statement of any modifications the child will need to
take statewide or district-wide assessments, such as the
TAKS. If the student is assessed in some other manner
(such as through the SDAA or LDAA) the IEP must
specify why this decision was made and how the
student’s progress will be assessed.
• Dates for services to be provided, a long with the
frequency, duration, and location where services will be
provided; and
• A statement of how the parents will be regularly informed
of the child’s progress toward achieving the annual
goals.

5. IDEA
• In 1997 IDEA provided details and specific
guidelines about how an IEP should be
developed, reviewed and altered as
necessary.
(The IDEA was originally enacted by Congress in 1975 to make sure that
children with disabilities had the opportunity to receive a free appropriate
public education, just like other children. )

6. IEP represents:
• Individualized stands for the program is
focused on the unique needs of that specific
student,
• Education means that the program is geared
toward learning activities and program refers to
specific and clearly formulated annual goals and
objectives and the means of reaching those
goals and objectives.

7. IEP example:

8. IEP Process
• Grade level content consideration
• Cultivate a present level of academic
achievement and functional performance
• Craft measurable annual goals
• Create or identify a method to measure
progress
• Connect instruction with accommodations
• Conclude with state assessments

9. Who attend IEP meetings?
A team including:
• Parent
• student if appropriate
• general education teacher
• special education teacher
• Local Education agency (LEA)
• supervisor for the specially designed instruction,
(34C.F.R. §300.321)

10. Conclusion:
An IEP determines placement and consists of
seventeen components. It must contain
statement of the child’s current level,
measurable annual goals, any modifications
that is needed and how the parents will be
regularly informed of the child’s progress.