The IEP, explained for parents. Choose your path.
1,387 free pages on nine paths, from the words in the plan to the letter you send when the school says no.
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The words in the plan
Each term and acronym the team uses, in plain language, with what to look for on the page where it appears.
Every glossary termCheck the plan you have
Page-by-page checks for goals, service minutes, progress reports and red flags, so you know what to question before you sit down.
Every IEP checker
The goal bank
Measurable goal examples by diagnosis and skill area, with the baseline and the progress measure each one needs, to hold the draft against.
Read what the plan says. Then what it should say.
The supports, the plan type and the meeting itself, with examples to hold the draft against.
The supports on the page
Accommodations by diagnosis, written so a teacher can follow them and you can tell whether they happened.
Accommodations for every diagnosisIEP or 504
Which plan fits your child, what each one can and cannot provide, and the evidence the decision turns on.
Every IEP and 504 comparisonThe meeting
What to bring, what to ask and how to follow up, for each kind of IEP meeting on the calendar.
Every meeting typeWhen the school says no, put it in writing.
The letter to send, what you can do this week, and the rule in your state behind both.
The letter to send
Copy-ready letters for evaluations, records, meetings and disagreements, each with what to attach and what to ask for in writing.
- How to ask your school for an IEP evaluation, in writing
- An independent educational evaluation, and the letter that asks for one
When the school says no
What you can do this week when the school refuses a request, misses a service or will not put a decision in writing.
Every situationThe rules in your state
What your state adds to IDEA: the timelines, the forms and the offices, rule by rule with the section cited.
- An assessment plan, the SELPA and a recorded meeting: California’s special education laws in Part 30
- The FIIE, the ARD committee and the 15th school day: what Texas adds to IDEA
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