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7 Tips for Writing Functional Goals for IFSPs and IEPs
March 28, 2024
One key to effective early intervention is writing high-quality IFSPs and IEPs with clear, specific, measurable goals. These goals should 1) directly address the family’s priorities, and 2) help children…
Your IEP Timeline: Before, During, and After the Meeting
February 6, 2024
IEP meetings can be a source of stress for educators and families—but with advance planning, appropriate followup, and sensitivity to everyone’s needs, these critical meetings can be smooth and productive.…
11 Things to Do After an IEP Meeting
May 9, 2023
Many critical decisions are made during an IEP meeting for a student with support needs, so effective and timely followup—with families, students, and other team members—is essential. Today’s post offers…
4 Barriers (and Solutions!) to Family Participation in IEPs
January 17, 2023
Family participation is an essential part of a successful IEP process, but persistent barriers can often derail family involvement. Today’s post highlights solutions to four of these common barriers. Excerpted…
Tips on Using Interpreters for IEP Meetings
September 27, 2022
How does your IEP team ensure that culturally and linguistically diverse families are welcomed, involved, and able to make the most informed decisions? Using an interpreter is one important way…
7 Guidelines for Using Student IEPs to Teach Self-Determination
June 21, 2022
As students with disabilities approach adult life beyond high school, they’ll need critical self-determination skills to identify their dreams and goals and advocate for the future they want. Student IEPs…
Culturally Responsive Collaboration: Your Key to Successful Transition IEPs
August 31, 202114 Tips on Organizing and Managing an IEP Meeting
April 20, 2021
With so much at stake, IEP meetings can often feel stressful for everyone involved. But if a meeting is well-planned, well-organized, and skillfully managed, chances are good that the team…
5 Steps to Reaching Consensus in IEP Meetings
March 3, 2020
Into almost every IEP meeting, at least a little conflict must come. With so much at stake for the student—and with so many different people trying to reach consensus—it’s easy…
10 IEP Tip Sheets to Pin, Tweet, and Share
December 18, 2018
At the Inclusion Lab, we love giving teachers and parents practical inclusive education tips in an easy-to-share format, and we’ve found that IEP tip sheets are some of our most-shared…