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the Webinar presentation on IEP Essentials: Lessons Learned Through Legal
Analysis. Please choose from 6
Slides per page (PDF, 22
pgs.) or 3
slides per page (PDF, 43 pgs.)
Strategies
for Parents and Advocates: This is a
set
of recommendations for negotiating
appropriate transition plans, behavior intervention
plans and progress monitoring plans as
part of Individualized Education Programs. (PDF, 3 pgs)
Other
Resources mentioned during the Webinar:
Re-evaluation & Transition
Services: Best Practices for School Psychologists and
Evaluation Teams (PDF, 13 pgs) This document recommends
an evaluation process for secondary special education
teams
to enhance
the transition of students with disabilities from school
to their adult lives in order to increase positive post-school
outcomes. Suggested timelines and resources are included
to develop evaluations based on individual student needs.
Sample
Summary of Performance (SOP) (PDF, 7 pgs) Developed by
the National Transition Documentation Summit
based on the initial work of Stan Shaw, Carol Kochhar-Bryant,
Margo Izzo, Ken Benedict, and David Parker.
Advocacy
in Action: Legal Issues in Transition
Planning.
This article
synthesizes findings of a thorough review of
36 state-level administrative and district court rulings dealing
with school to post-school transition planning. The findings
will assist parents and advocates in the development
of effective and legally sufficient Transition Plans. Read
the report
Advocacy
in Action: Behavior
Intervention Plans: Five Essential Themes that Add
up to Adequacy. The article synthesizes the findings
of a study
of 800 due process, district court and appellate court
decisions involving the adequacy of Behavior Intervention
Plans (BIPs). The findings provide important information
that advocates and parents need to take into consideration
as they work together to plan effective behavioral interventions
on behalf of students with disabilities. Read
the report.
Teaching
Exceptional Children: Progress Monitoring:
Legal Issues and Recommendations for IEP Teams.
This article
by Susan K.
Etscheidt, Ph.D. provides an overview of the importance of
developing and implementing progress monitoring plans within
Individualized Education Programs for students with disabilities.
(PDF, 6 pgs) Read
the article. (PDF, 6 pgs.)
