C HAPTER 2: DOCUMENTING S TUDENT-SPECIFIC P LANNING: T HE IEP

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1 C HAPTER 2: DOCUMENTING S TUDENT-SPECIFIC P LANNING: T HE IEP Key Ideas i This Chapter 23 Iitiatig ad Documetig Studet-Specific Plaig 23 Who Must Have a IEP? 24 Chapter Summary 25

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3 C HAPTER 2: DOCUMENTING S TUDENT-SPECIFIC P LANNING: THE IEP Key Ideas i This Chapter Studet-specific plaig is a collaborative team process that occurs whe a studet is idetified as reuirig support. Documetig studet-specific plaig facilitates commuicatio ad record keepig; a IEP ca be a effective tool for doig so. A IEP is ot a legal documet; it is a tool for documetig ad commuicatig studet-specific plaig. Provicial legislatio ad regulatios ad Maitoba Educatio stadards ad policies reuire that IEPs be developed for some studets. Iitiatig ad Documetig Studet-Specific Plaig Studets vary widely i their ability to thik abstractly or uderstad complex ideas. They have differet learig prefereces, uiue backgrouds ad iterests, ad differet stregths ad eeds. Teachers use differetiated istructioal ad assessmet strategies, activities, ad materials to address the diverse eeds of their studets. Whe a educator workig with a studet becomes aware that he or she cotiues to have difficulty meetig expected learig outcomes, the studet-specific plaig process is iitiated. A studet s curret level(s) of performace ad reuired supports are documeted i a IEP. The IEP is ot a legal documet; it fuctios as a plaig, record-keepig, ad commuicatio tool. Studet-specific plaig is the process through which studet support teams, icludig educators ad parets, collaborate to meet the uiue eeds of idividual studets. The studet-specific plaig process is sufficietly broad-based to address, i a systematic way, a wide rage of exceptioal learig eeds. It is importat that the studet support team documets the plaig process, icludig the studet iformatio gathered, the strategies implemeted, the effectiveess of the decisios made, ad the plaed revisios. A IEP ca be a effective tool to facilitate programmig, commuicatio, ad record keepig. For further iformatio, see Appropriate Educatioal Programmig i Maitoba: Stadards for Studet Services (Maitoba Educatio, Citizeship ad Youth), available olie at Chapter 2: Documetig Studet-Specific Plaig: The IEP 23

4 Who Must Have a IEP? Provicial legislatio ad regulatios ad Maitoba Educatio stadards ad policies reuire that IEPs be developed for some studets. A IEP must be developed for a studet whe it is ot reasoable to expect the studet to meet or approximate the expected learig outcomes of provicial curricula the studet receives Special Needs Categorical Fudig (Level II or III) the studet is determied to be eligible for the Eglish as a Additioal Laguage (E) course desigatio, the Modified (M) course desigatio, or the Idividualized Programmig (I) desigatio i Grades 9 to 12 Who Must Have a IEP? A studet must have a IEP whe Refereces a specialized assessmet idetifies that he or she reuires support to meet the expected learig outcomes Appropriate Educatioal Programmig Regulatio 155/2005, Sectio 5(1) a specialized assessmet idetifies that he or she reuires support to meet studetspecific learig outcomes Appropriate Educatioal Programmig Regulatio 155/2005, Sectio 5(1) trasitioig ito or out of school ad reuirig supports to meet the expected learig outcomes or to meet studetspecific learig outcomes Bridgig to Adulthood: A Protocol for Trasitioig Studets with Exceptioal Needs from School to Commuity (Healthy Child Maitoba 17) Guidelies for Early Childhood Trasitio to School for Childre with Special Needs (Healthy Child Maitoba, et al. 3 4) Guidelies for School Registratio of Studets i Care of Child Welfare Agecies (Healthy Child Maitoba, et al. 3) erolled i a Modified (M) desigated course i high school Towards Iclusio: A Hadbook for Modified Course Desigatio, Seior 1 4 (Maitoba Educatio, Traiig ad Youth 2) receivig the Idividualized Programmig (I) desigatio i high school Towards Iclusio: A Hadbook for Idividualized Programmig Desigatio, Seior Years (Maitoba Educatio, Traiig ad Youth 2) receivig Special Needs Categorical Support (Level II or III) Appropriate Educatioal Programmig i Maitoba: Stadards for Studet Services (Maitoba Educatio, Citizeship ad Youth 16) readig aloud outside the classroom is reuested as a adaptatio for Eglish laguage arts ad Fraçais stadards tests Policies ad Procedures for Stadards Tests (Maitoba Educatio, Citizeship ad Youth 7) 24 Studet-Specific Plaig

5 Chapter Summary A IEP ca be a effective tool to documet the studet-specific plaig process. A IEP must be developed for a studet whe idicated by provicial regulatio ad/or departmetal policy. Chapter 2: Documetig Studet-Specific Plaig: The IEP 25

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