Developing High- Quality IEPs

Student Name Professor Name Course Date Takeaways from “Developing High-Quality IEPs” Individualized education programs (IEPs) are essential in guaranteeing that students with disabilities get adequate educational help, hence the need to develop high-quality ones. An ideal IEP is a legal document that maps the teaching-learning process for every specific child with a learning disability through individual-accomplished goals, provision of appropriate learning materials, and instructional strategies and supports. This paper summarizes Part 1 and Part 2 of the IRIS Center’s “Developing High-Quality IEPs” module that focuses on the elements of high-quality IEPs and the process of IEP improvement. Part 1: essential components of high-quality IEPs An appropriately designed IEP offers guidance on educational instructions and helps teachers find the best ways to assist the students and make Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) possible in the class. The Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP) statement is another crucial component that outlines a student’s performance using quantifiable information (Hauser 423). This information sketched out helps in establishing attainable and purposive goals. In fact, with an inaccurate and imprecise PLAAFP, it becomes difficult to place achievable goals in the process; thereby hampering the assessment of the student’s learning progress. Similar to the SMART goals, which are specific, measurable, achievable, relev...