Guest Post
by Wendy Overturf & Vicki Davis Dávila
From the Wisconsin’s State Personnel Development Grant’s Family Engagement Newsletter, November 2017
From the Wisconsin’s State Personnel Development Grant’s Family Engagement Newsletter, November 2017
To be an active participant in the development of their
child’s IEP, it is critical that parents understand that process. Many Wisconsin districts are now using the
new CCR IEP forms. In the October 2017 newsletter, the “Five Beliefs” were
discussed. In this newsletter, the “Five Step
Process”
will be highlighted.
Step
1: Understand how the student is doing academically and
otherwise. The IEP team gathers information about the student’s academic and
functional skills compared to the expectations for other students in the same
grade. The family and student share their point of
view on the student’s strengths, interests, and needs.
Step
2: Identify how the student’s disability affects their
academics and behavior. The team answers the question: why is the student not
achieving some of the grade level standards? The IEP team, including the
student and family, shares what they have seen and tries to find out what
causes the student to struggle.
Step
3: Develop Goals. Address the student’s disability related needs
and support the student’s unique strengths by developing ambitious and
achievable goals. The goals should be based on high expectations, but the
student should also be able to reach them within one year.
Step
4: Align special education services needed to support the student’s
goals. Everyone on the IEP team talks about how they can work together to
support the student. The team will talk
about how the student will access the same content and curriculum and use the
same thinking strategies as other students in the same grade.
Step
5: Analyze progress towards goals. The IEP team keeps track of the
student’s progress, reviewing and making changes to the IEP as needed to
help the student stay on track to meet the IEP goals.
For more information about College and
Career Ready IEPs visit the WI Department of Public Instruction's page https://dpi.wi.gov/sped/college-and-career-ready-ieps
