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• Familiar With Special Education's IEP Process? Take Our Quiz to Reacquaint Yourself
  Do you realize that writing an IEP involves a number of people, who detail where a special learner's educational plan will be carried out? Test what you know about the IEP legal document writing process that leads to an appropriate child placement decision.
• Why Can't Fido Go to School With Frankie? Are Service Dogs Being Under Utilized?
  Service dogs give valuable assistance to disabled children in various ways; alerting them to danger or opening doors. Are schools that bar these working dogs discriminating against special needs children? Do they violate the ADA by refusing the dogs access? Here's one side of the story.
• Present Levels of Performance: Checklist for the IEP (Individual Education Program)
  The IEP is a legal document that includes the current evaluation of how a student's disability impacts his/her participation and progress in the general education classroom. Find specific examples of present levels of performance and other important parts of the IEP.
• IDEA Accommodations for Students with Physical Disabilities
  Students come into classrooms with all kinds of physical shapes, sizes and physical disabilities. Students with physical disabilities are provided with accommodations and lesson modifications under IDEA 2004. In this article, teachers can find tips to accommodate students with physical disabilities.
• The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale and Special Needs Students
  Psychologists have found that the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale is an effective assessment tool for identifying various special needs of children. It is usually administered in clinical settings, but today teachers can utilize the third edition.
• Parent and Teacher Collaboration in Special Ed
  Research supports the need for additional training to bring parents and school professionals together in the special education process. Outside intervention can facilitate understanding and partnership amongst parents and school personnel.
• Special Education Transition Planning Using a Sample Plan
  If you need to know exactly how to make a transition plan, you are in luck! Here's a sample with detailed entries to help with special education transition planning. Continue reading for full details.
• Data Collection for IEPs: Measuring Progression Toward a Goal
  How do you know if a student is meeting his or her IEP goals? Charting progress can be tricky if you aren’t keeping data. Find ideas for simple progress tracking and a sample form here.
• Strategies To Employ For Case Study Evaluation
  If you have a student whose needs are not currently being met effectively or for whom you don’t know what strategies will work best, conducting a case study evaluation is an excellent way to acquire data that can be used to help create strategic lessons to support a student's ongoing development.