Author: Alexis Jamin

Students practicing skills while a paraprofessional records progress on IEP data collection sheets

IEP Data Collection Sheets: 8 Layouts for Tracking IEP Goals

Eight IEP data collection sheets to copy, how often to collect data, how to graph it, decision rules for tracking IEP goals, and FERPA basics.
Second grader handing a picture card to ask for a break, a request taught through functional communication training

Functional Communication Training: Steps, Examples and a Data Sheet

How FCT replaces challenging behavior with a request: steps, examples by function, an original plan, a data sheet and IEP goals.
Two high school students measuring a board in a career workshop, working toward transition IEP goals

Transition IEP Goals: Examples, Requirements and Indicator 13

Paired postsecondary and annual transition IEP goals for education, employment and independent living, with IDEA rules and the Indicator 13 checklist.
Paraprofessional watching two elementary students sort counters, with the teacher nearby, during paraprofessional training through classroom coaching

Paraprofessional Training: A Guide for Special Education Directors

What IDEA and states require, CEC's seven competency areas, a ten-topic curriculum, training formats that change practice and how to measure results.
Middle school students preparing a snack from picture cards, a life skill practiced through functional IEP goals

Functional IEP Goals: 31 Examples for Independent Functioning

31 measurable functional IEP goals for independent functioning and life skills, what functional means under IDEA, and how to measure each step.
Middle school students working together in a California classroom served by a SELPA

SELPA in California: Local Plans, Funding and Governance

How California's Special Education Local Plan Areas work: SELPA options, local plans, governance, the CAC, AB 602 funding and the 2026-27 base rate.
Elementary student practicing a speech sound with picture cards beside a classmate, working on speech IEP goals

Speech IEP Goals: 29 Examples and How SLPs Measure Them

29 measurable speech IEP goals by area, what a speech-only IEP contains, how SLPs measure progress, and what a caseload of 50 means for practice.
Middle school students learning the same science concept through a drawing, a video and a hands-on model, an example of universal design for learning

Universal Design for Learning: UDL Guidelines 3.0 and Examples

What UDL is, the three principles of CAST's UDL Guidelines 3.0, classroom examples, a lesson plan outline and what federal law says about UDL.
Elementary student using a picture-based communication device with a classmate, practicing IEP goals for autism

IEP Goals for Autism: 21 Examples by Skill Area and Age

21 measurable IEP goals for autism by area, from AAC requests to job tasks, with the IDEA definition, adaptations by age and evidence-based practices.
Fourth-grade student using text-to-speech with headphones in class, an accommodation added through an IEP amendment

IEP Amendment: Rules, Process, Example and Checklist

How an IEP amendment works with or without a meeting, what it cannot change, rules in four states, an example amendment and a checklist.