Herbie's IEP Summary

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An IEP is an Individual Education Program. Students with disabilities that need special education are required to have an IEP. It is mandated by the IDEA or Individuals with Disabilities Act. The IEP is created by a team usually consisting of the student’s parents, the general education teacher, special education teacher, a school representative capable of making decisions regarding resources, individual capable of interpreting student’s results and creating appropriate instruction program, as well as the student. Together they collect information about the student Then, the team assess the information, and creates an instructional plan that guarantees the student’s access to a “free appropriate public education” (Smith et al, 2016, Pg 13). …show more content…

This document is meant to provide all the relevant details that are necessary to complete the rest of the IEP. In chapter 4 of ---Tran and Patton suggests using six key principles to develop an effective and detailed PLAAFP section. An effective PLAAFP is culturally and linguistically responsive, reflects current performance, utilizes instructionally meaningful assessments, gives sufficient detail, is educationally relevant, and details needs and accomplishments. Using these principle, I examined Herbie’s PLAAFP and determined that while the present level of academic achievement and functional performance does adhere to many of these key principles, there are some principles it fails to …show more content…

The document explains that he can “read 20 1st-grade nonsense word sounds correct in one minute. He reads 1st-grade oral reading passages at 8 words per minutes” (Tran and Patton, pg 11). Herbie can also “count to 50, count objects to 50, recognize and write numerals 0-9, and group objects n sets. He recognizes a line, square, and circle” (Tran and Patton, pg11). However, Herbie is unable to “answer literal or inferential reading comprehension questions from first grade passages” and he cannot read above the 1st grade level. For math skills, he cannot name a triangle or a rectangle nor can he “add or subtract 2 digits by 1 digit problems without regrouping”

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