ABC's of IEPs

People First Language

IDE(I)A

IDE(I)A

• Free Appropriate Public Education
• Least Restrictive Environment

Screening & Evaluation

• Written parental consent
• Procedural Safeguards
• Comprehensive Assessment

ESER

• Summary of evaluation results
• Needs/Recommendations
• Eligibility determination
• Consent for initial placement

Eligibility

• Early Childhood Developmental Delay
• Speech Language Impairment
• Specific Learning Disability
• Autism
• Other Health Impairment
• Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Eligibility

• Visual Impairment
• Multiple Disabilities
• Orthopedic Impairment
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Individual Education program (IEP)

• required participants
• Strengths
• Concerns
• Other agency comments

IEP Considerations

• Special factors
• Assessments
• Transition plan

IEP

• Present levels
• Goals and Objectives
• Accommodations/Modifications
• Services

Programs in the MSBSD

• ECSE Preschool
• Resource
• Intensive Resource
• ABA
• BSP
• Self-Contained
• Next Step/Project Search

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