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Developing Your Child's IEP
Present Levels, Goals & Services, Accommodations

Question 3.

How can I ensure the IEP will meet my child's needs?

Answer

Is your child's performance affected by his disability? If his disability affects his performance in academic classes, the IEP goals should address these issues.

If your child's disability causes a weakness in daily living activities, social skills, mobility skills, employment skills or any other functional skills, the IEP goals should address these issues.

If your child's IEP does not include goals that address any academic, developmental, and functional needs, the IEP will obviously not meet all your child's needs.

Ask these questions:

Is your child's IEP based on his present levels of academic achievement and functional performance?

Does the IEP include measurable annual goals to meet all your child's needs that result from the disability?

Will the IEP enable your child to be involved and make progress in the general education curriculum?

Does the IEP explain how the school will measure your child's progress and how the school will inform you about the progress?

Does the IEP meet other educational and non-educational needs?

Legal Resource

Wrightslaw: All About IEPs Chapter 4 - Present Levels, Measurable Goals, Services

Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition

IDEA

20 U.S.C.§ 1414(d)

Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, p. 99, footnote 74-75

Appendix A, Question #1

Appendix C, Question #60

Commentary in 71 F at 46661

IDEA Regulations

34 C.F.R. §300.320

Additional Resources

Is Your Child's IEP Individualized?

Wrightslaw Game Plan: Writing SMART IEPs

Present Levels of Functional Performance and Functional Goals in IEPs

Your Child's IEP: Practical and Legal Guidance for Parents

How to Determine Measurable IEP Goals

State Special Education Regulations and Guidelines. You will find your specific state regulations at your State Department of Education website. Use the Wrightslaw Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities to locate your state site.

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