Category: IEP

Two high school students measuring a board in a career workshop, working toward transition IEP goals
Paired postsecondary and annual transition IEP goals for education, employment and independent living, with IDEA rules and the Indicator 13 checklist.
Middle school students preparing a snack from picture cards, a life skill practiced through functional IEP goals
31 measurable functional IEP goals for independent functioning and life skills, what functional means under IDEA, and how to measure each step.
Elementary student practicing a speech sound with picture cards beside a classmate, working on speech IEP goals
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.
Elementary student using a picture-based communication device with a classmate, practicing IEP goals for autism
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
How an IEP amendment works with or without a meeting, what it cannot change, rules in four states, an example amendment and a checklist.
Middle school student recording assignments in a planner, a routine targeted by executive function IEP goals
28 measurable executive function IEP goals by skill, how students qualify under IDEA, why skill lists vary, and how to adapt goals by grade.
Two elementary students taking turns in a board game while a teacher observes, practicing social emotional IEP goals
32 measurable social emotional IEP goals by skill area, how to write them from a baseline, and how to measure progress with event and duration data.
Elementary student raising a hand during independent work, a replacement behavior often targeted in behavior IEP goals
25 measurable behavior IEP goals written around replacement behaviors, when IDEA requires an FBA and a BIP, and how to measure progress.
Three elementary students working with a number line, base-ten blocks and coins at a small-group table, practicing their math IEP goals
27 measurable math IEP goals by skill, with 1st to 6th grade anchors, functional math goals for money and time, and probes that measure progress.
Two elementary students reading a picture book aloud together in a reading corner, practicing skills from their reading IEP goals
30 measurable reading IEP goals by skill, from phonemic awareness to reading comprehension, with 2017 fluency norms and the probes that measure progress.