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What is an IEP?

This article discusses the meaning of an IEP.or  she  reaches  the  age  of  eligibility.
An Individualized Education Program (IEP) isThe goal of the IEP is to ensure that every
a legally binding written document that isstudent regardless of ability levels can
developed for each eligible student with aachieve. While schools provide all of the
disability. This document is in accordanceresources available to serve the child,
with the requirements of the Individuals withoftentimes it is not quite enough. As a
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The IEPresult, parents look for outside resources to
must be individualized and specific to thehelp their child achieve their educational
needs of the students. These are the onlygoals. Depending on the identified
requirements specified by law. There is nodisability, a child may be best served with
formal written IEP document that is usedthe services of a private tutor. Some
nationally.tutoring companies specialize in assisting
special needs children. When looking for a
In an IEP, the strengths and weaknesses oftutor for the child, parents should make sure
the students must be accurately assessed by ato ask if the tutor is qualified to work with
qualified authority such as the school'sthe special needs child. Special education
psychologist. Input regarding the student'steaching credentials and experience is a
progress in school is collected from thegreat qualifier. Once a qualified tutor has
assessment data, samples and data collectedbeen selected, it might be helpful to share
from special and regular education teachers,the contents of the child's IEP so that the
observations from parents, administrators,tutor may get a better understanding of the
and other support personnel most familiarchild's strengths and weaknesses. Tutors will
with the student's academic needs. Resultsuse the IEP as a basis for planning the
of the evaluation will be tabulated by thechild's program of study. The tutor should
special education teacher and will be used tobe willing to conference with the child's
determine specific goals of mastery for thespecial education teacher. If the tutor is
student. The goals outline in this documentassisting the child for the duration of the
must be very precise and measurable. Theseschool year, it may be a good idea to invite
goals should be stated such as, "The studentthe tutor to leave comments about the child's
will participate in a peer response group atprogress in the tutoring sessions, or a
least four out of five times each week."parent can invite the tutor to attend the IEP
However, these stated goals must be agreedmeeting if feasible. Their input will be
upon by the members of the team. Active teambeneficial in giving a well rounded view of
collaboration would be most beneficial in thethe child outside of a traditional classroom
construction of the student's academic goals.setting. Many special needs students have
benefitted tremendously from the services of
There may also be some provisions in thea private tutor. Unfortunately, many
document addressing the specific disabilityteachers, despite the federal guidelines on
as well as the implementation of a behavioralthe keeping the classroom size small, cannot
intervention plan. Federal law requires thatprovide one on one instruction as most of
a behavioral intervention plan be implementedthese students need. A private tutor can. A
for all special education students, andlittle more time and extra reinforcement can
especially for those students who exhibitgo a long way in helping a special needs
behavioral problems. Now, there is furtherchild achieve the goals of the IEP and great
provision in the document concerningsuccess academically.
transition services for the student when he



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