Roadmap to Special Education: Laws and Process

About Special Kids (ASK) is offering a one-day training in Linton that offers basic information about special education laws and regulations, preparing for case conferences, and writing IEPs. Suitable for both parents and professionals, the training will be face-to-face and will be held at the Greene-Sullivan Special Education Co-Op.

For more information and to register, please visit:
http://www.aboutspecialkids.org/training/training-calendar/roadmap-to-special-education-laws-and-process-lint/

CeDIR Citings Fall Issue

Twice a year, the CeDIR library issues a new edition of the newsletter, CeDIR Citings. This fall's edition focuses on Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). The issue offers resources on writing IEPs, websites, books, and a book review.

To read this issue of CeDIR Citings, please visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/styles/iidc/defiles/CDIR/10-15.pdf

To see a list of past issues, visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/pages/cedir-citings

Nolo's IEP guide: Learning disabilities

This edition of Nolo's IEP Guide has been updated to reflect the latest laws, federal regulations, and court decisions that affect the IEP process, and includes fully up-to-date forms, sample letters, and resources to help you every step of the way. Plus, read an expanded section about "appropriate" education measures resulting from a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, and get new details on eligibility for special education services for your child. -from the book description

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Writing educationally relevant and legally compliant Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for preschool and elementary age students with disabilities

Writing educationally relevant and legally compliant Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for preschool and elementary age students with disabilities: A guide for general and special educators offers a wealth of information on the subject of writing IEPs for younger students. Extensive use of examples are used to help educators transition kids from an IFSP to an IEP.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Targeting language delays : IEP goals & activities for students with developmental challenges

From Woodbine House comes Targeting language delays: IEP goals & activities for students with developmental challenges, a thorough but accessible guide for everyone from SLPs to parents who help support kids with IEP goals. More than 100 goals and activities are provided that can be used either in the home or at school to help kids build their listening, language, and whole-word reading skills.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

About Special Kids offers training in B-town on the 30th

On April 30th, About Special Kids (ASK) will offer a training, Roadmap to Special Education:  Laws and Process, scheduled in Bloomington. This training, combining the Article 7 and IEP training, is an all day training that offers basic information about special education laws and regulations for Indiana children ages 3-21. In addition, this training provides information on how to prepare for a case conference and write an IEP. This training is a great opportunity for family members and professionals who advocate for children with a disability or serious chronic illness.

For more information and to register for the training, visit: http://www.aboutspecialkids.org/Training.aspx

Help with IEPs

Have you heard about the Indiana IEP Resource Center (IEPRC)? Affiliated with Indiana State University at the Blumberg Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Special Education, the IEPRC creates resource materials and professional development opportunities to improve the IEP process in schools. Their goal is to increase educators' skills to ensure case conference committees meet the individual needs of students with disabilities.

Want to learn more about them? Please visit their website at: http://www.indianaieprc.org

Aligning IEPs to the Common Core State Standards

Looking for help aligning student IEP goals to instruction, assessment, and grade-level state standards? Aligning IEPs to the Common Core State Standards for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities presents a user-friendly template for doing just that. This book features new ideas for aligning IEPS in Language Arts and Math. Self-determination and assistive technology are also explored along with current hardware and software examples used to teach academic objectives.

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Writing Measurable Functional and Transition IEP Goals

Writing Measurable Functional and Transition IEP Goals is a new book that can help teachers who are working with students with severe and multiple disabilities. These students typically do not get as much direct, individual instruction as they need in functional and transition skills areas such as social skills, communication, transportation training, leisure-recreation, self-care, and many others. Students with moderate or mild disabilities may also lack this instruction. This book addresses all these groups with its focus squarely on two instructional steps: writing measurable goals (target behaviors,) and identifying steps on the way to those goals (task analysis).

Want to check it out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu.

Mobile App Monday--MyIEP Meeting

myIEPmeeting is an app that helps parents and guardians prepare for and participate in their student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) process. Simple tools are included to help organize and gather information and monitor a child’s progress.

To learn more about this app, visit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/myiepmeeting/id479474205?mt=8

Coach 3

Now in its 3rd edition, Choosing outcomes & accommodations for children: A guide to educational planning for students with disabilities provides professionals and families with an effective process for developing IEPs. Learn to promote inclusive settings using a systematic process. Tools and forms are bound in a convenient CD format that accompanies the book. Three examples of the COACH process are offered as models of successful implementation: one for a kindergarten student, one for an elementary student, and one for a student in transition.

Want to know more? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title. Or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Wrightslaw: All about IEPs

Got questions about IEPs? Need some answers about special education law? Pick up Wrightslaw: All about IEPs. In an easy-to-read, question-and-answer format, the authors have put together everything you want to know about special ed law and IEPs. Written for parents, educators, professionals, and administrators, this book addresses IEP teams and meetings, parental rights and consent, placement, transition, assistive technology and more.

Send us an email at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this book, or try worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

The Complete IEP Guide

Looking for a guide to help write an IEP for your child? The complete IEP guide: How to advocate for your special ed child can help! Written in layman's terms, this guide offers practical advice to guide you through the whole IEP process. People have used words like "indispensable," "godsend," "sanity-saver," "essential," "the MOST informative," and more when reviewing this book. Along with a copy of the law, IDEA 1997, there are letters and forms that can be used as is or amended before using.

Interested? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title. Not an Indiana resident? No worries! Use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Getting the Most out of IEPs

Need some quick tips and strategies on IEPs? Want to get the student more involved in the whole IEP process? Getting the Most Out of IEPs: an Educator's Guide to the Student-Directed Approach has these helpful topics and more. With a wide range of case studies to read, this book offers helpful big-picture views of the IEP process across 7 stages, from school-directed to student-directed. The book is designed to help teachers ensure that students receive customized, highly-effective plans, empowering the students themselves to take a leading role in directing their education and their future.

Interested in checking out this title? Email us! Or try worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Supporting the IEP Process

Want to create a positive climate in IEP meetings? Feel compelled to build bridges when emotions run high? Want to learn how to honor everyone's differences and use them creatively? Then this is the book for you! In Supporting the IEP process: a facilitator's guide, author Nicholas Martin talks about these things and more. Martin suggests that a skilled and unbiased facilitator can make all the difference in IEP meetings, particularly when team opinions clash. Facilitators can help lay the groundwork for better meetings which, in turn, promote better student outcomes. The book offers a step-by-step guide to filling the role of facilitator and supporting the entire IEP process.

Contact us if you're interested in checking out this title. Or try worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

IEP iPhone App

The Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC) has developed a free Individualized Education Program (IEP) Checklist iPhone application for the parents and teachers of children with disabilities! The application contains basic laws pertaining to IEP, as well as the ability to create profiles for individual children.

To download the IEP App, visit the Apple iTunes store and type IEP Checklist in the search box. For more information, see the PEATC Press Kit at http://www.peatc.org/peatc.cgim?template=iPhonePressReleaseKit.

Pathways to Successful Transition for Youth with Disabilities

Pathways to Successful Transition for Youth with Disabilities: A Developmental Process by Carol A. Kochhar-Bryant and Gary Greene is a Pearson textbook that covers the theories and implementation of individualized transition planning. The first half of the book covers philosophy and policy, while the second delves into practices in transition services. This book is a comprehensive resource for all those involved in a PWD's transition to post-secondary schooling and/or adult life.

Interested in this book? Indiana resident? Contact us!

Not an Indiana resident? Find this book at your local library here.

Case Conferences and IEPs

for more information:

Pierangelo,R. (2007). Understanding, developing, and writing effective IEPs: A step-by-step guide for educators . Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Siegel, L. (2007). The complete IEP guide: How to advocate for your special ed child. Berkeley, CA : Nolo.

Chen, D. (2005). The first IEP [Videorecording]: A parent's perspective. Baltimore: Paul Brookes.

Online Resources:

http://delicious.com/cedir/iep


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