Need access to these items in order to do the assignment which is attached IEPs: Guide to Writing Individualized Education Programs. 4th Ed. Gibb & Taylor, 2022, Pearson Maine State Special Ed

SED 682 Special Education Regulations, Procedures, and the IEP Team

University of Southern Maine Walter H. Kimball

Summer 2023 #1120 3 credits May 15, 2023 - June 30

Module Six Overview

Individualized Education Programs (IEP) Part II

June 19 - 25

MO 6.1: Practice analyzing and writing an IEP using a tutorial.

Textbook reading: Gibb and Taylor book, IEPs: Guide to Writing Quality Individualized Education Programs.

Pages 1 – 16: IEP Information

Pages 17 – 54: IEP examples

Pages 55 – 127: IEP practice

The IEP represents a student’s program centered on IEP goals. In Module Five we examined IEP sections and reviewed some sample IEP’s. For Module Six, we will practice with standards-based IEP goals using the textbook and other materials.

Click here for an overview of IEP goals.

The goals are based on the present level of performance. Click here for an example of the connection between the current level of functioning and the IEP goals:

The IEP goals for students for disabilities are connected to the content standard expectations for any student in Maine. Click here for the state special education required forms procedural manual. See starting p. 13 bottom for IEP.

Standards Based IEPs

Click here for an overview of standards based IEPs.

Click here for information the state of Virginia uses for standards based IEP’s.

Click here for information the District of Columbia uses for standards based IEPs.

Click here for information on Common Core based IEP goals.

Sidebar for a previous module four topic: Click here for supplemental material from Wisconsin referring back to our look at dispute resolution in Ch 101:

http://dpi.wi.gov/sped/dispute-resolution

Module Six Assignment

The activity is completing the practice exercises for steps 1 – 7 in the textbook, p. 55 – 127. The practice exercises are labeled with words like “Now it’s your turn” or “Time to Practice”.

Step One

1A: p. 63 - 64 Now it’s your turn

1B: p. 65 Now you try some

Step Two

2A: p. 75 Now it's your turn

2B: p. 81 - 82 Time to Practice

2C: p. 83 We had better practice this

Step Three: p. 89 - 90 Time to Practice

Step Four: p. 103 Let’s Practice

Step Five: p. 108 - 109 Your Turn!

Step Six

6A: p. 113 - 114 Practice choosing appropriate accommodations for students

6B: p. 116 Let's practice choosing appropriate modifications

6C: p. 118 Let’s practice choosing appropriate alternate assessments

Step 7: p. 126 - 127 Your Turn

The entry for each Step will have two parts:

(a) your responses to the parts of the Step

(b) reflection comparing your responses for each Step to the Answers to Exercises in the Appendix (pages 128 - 132). Compare your answers with the authors and what you learned about this Step through the practice. There is one reflection paragraph for each of the seven steps. It is not necessary to write a reflection for each substep, eg, 1A and 1B.

Create a Google Doc titled [Last Name] Module Six IEP Practice SED 682 Summer 23 #1120

The document will have the following format using these headings:

Step One

1A:

1B:

Step One Reflection:

Step Two

2A:

2B:

2C:

Step Two Reflection:

Step Three:

Step Three Reflection:

Step Four:

Step Four Reflection:

Step Five:

Step Five Reflection:

Step Six

6A:

6B:

6C:

Step Six Reflection:

Step 7:

Step Seven Reflection:

The assignment will be submitted in two ways.

Share the document with me with editing permission, [email protected]

*Click on the blue SHARE button in upper right corner of the Google Doc.

*See the Share with People and Groups area

*In the Add People text line, insert [email protected]

make sure permission is set to edit. Click Send

*Reopen the Share button. Click on the link at the bottom of the window reading Change to University of Maine System

*Click Done

Submit the link to the document in the submission section of the Module Six area in the SED 682 Brightspace course shell

To get the Share link:

click on the blue SHARE button in the upper right corner of the Google Doc.
Click on the Copy link button. Click Done.
This is the link you will paste in the Module Six IEP Tutorial Assignment section per the instructions.

There is no module six discussion forum.

Module Six Assignment document shared with instructor and link submitted in Assignment area due Sunday, June 25, end of day.