IEP stands for Individualized Education Program, which is a personalized plan developed for students with disabilities. IEP goals are specific targets designed to address the unique educational needs ...

A few weeks ago, I hosted a chat on writing standards-based individualized education program goals aligned to common core reading and math standards. The guests, Barbara Van Haren and Carol Kosnitsky, ...

-Suggested standards and skill-based short-term objectives to support the IEP -Skill-based Progress Monitoring to track progress on the exact objectives chosen for the IEP -Copy and paste PLAAFP goal ...

“Life skills classroom” is one of those special education terms that means very different things depending on the district, ...

Assessment is an on-going process of information gathering. When formal and informal evaluation results are review, they identify the child’s needs and strengths. The information is the base for ...

A few weeks ago, I was in a long virtual meeting. One participant kept repeating the same points over and over. I could feel my irritation rising. I wanted to interrupt. I wanted to say something ...

I am going to cover this subject matter from a different angle than what is customarily seen. Historically, parents and childcare professionals have begun this process with various IEP Goals in mind ...

I started teaching special education in 1970, prior to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, or PL 94-142. I welcomed the enactment of that legislation, because it forced school ...

Write a letter requesting an evaluation to see if your ADHD child might benefit from academic accommodations. Example Letter: https://www.uab.edu/adhdparentsupport ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steven covers accessibility and assistive technologies. Earlier this year, I had an opportunity to sit down with Antoinette Banks.