Individualized Education Program (IEP)

1. Website for Sevier County's EasyIEP Logon, contact Jeff Romanczuk for a password
2. EasyIEP User Manual and Quick Reference Guide
3. List of EasyIEP Teacher Trainers for Sevier County
4. Seven Steps, explains the steps of the IEP process
5. IEP Process Overview, from assessment to implementation
6. IEP Development, Tracy Collier and Melinda Dunlap's PowerPoint from the March 9, 2006 inservice session
7. IEP Roles, Multidisciplinary Team member roles for each step of the IEP process
8. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Notice of Procedural Safeguards, dated February 2008, this 38 page document replaces the "Rights of Children with Disabilities and Parent Responsibilities" (July 2005) and the shorter ABCs rights brochure as the parental rights document to offer at least annually at IEP meetings
9. Tennessee's IEP Manual, with 54 pages of detail
10. English Language Learner Accommodations for TCAP achievement, competency, writing, and Gateway testing
11. TCAP Testing Accommodations Instructions for the IEP as revised for 2006-2007 
12. Modifications Checklist, a 2-page expanded listing for modifications to make for students in general education settings
13. Accommodations Checklist, a 2-page table of accommodations to make by subject content
14. IEP Objectives by Topic and Subject, from Nebraska
15. 38 IEP Topics from Bridges for Kids
16. Suggestions for Tracking IEP Progress from the Alief Independent School District
17. Limits on Holding IEP Meetings without the parents attending
18. Summary of Special Education Timelines for disciplinary and IEP development actions
19. Guidelines for Determining the Need for Paraprofessional Support, for use during Sevier County IEP meetings
20. High School IEPs, the quick and easy of it for Sevier County
21. IEPs vs. Section 504, explains the difference between IEPs and 504 plans
22. IEP Technical Assistance Guide from Nebraska's Department of Education
23. Woodcock-Johnson III Frequently Asked Questions, by test section, with answers and a link to submit questions
24. Support Teams for Special Education in Sevier County
25. Related Services, descriptions of related services, with two-digit codes for all and examples for some
26. Justifications for Restricted Placements, samples of some Least Restrictive Environment IEP wording, borrowed from an Alaskan school system
27. Suggested IEP Content for a Student with Autism, more than a good start for drafting an autism IEP
28. Suggested IEP Goals and Objectives for the Bipolar Student from the Papolos' book The Bipolar Child
29. Checklist for Multidisciplinary Team Meeting/IEP Creation, steps to keep in mind and their IDEA '97 and 34 CFR 300 regulatory references
30. IEP Meeting Before and After Evaluation, especially useful for teachers new to IEP meetings
31. Invitation to a Meeting, a locally revised form with a suggested list of invitees given
    1. Invitation to a Meeting, the locally-revised version as a PDF file
32. Invitation to a Meeting, the meeting notice for parents, one-side of a page version (courtesy of Ms Wilson)
    1. Invitation to a Meeting, Ms Wilson's version as a PDF file
33. Invitation to a Meeting, the meeting notice for parents, modeled after the one on the State's website
    1. Invitation to a Meeting, the State version as a PDF file
34. Invitation to a Meeting, the former "Notice of Multidisciplinary Team Meeting" to parents/guardians (in MS Works 4)
35. IEP or Re-evaluation Tracking, year-at-a-glance format for tracking when students' IEPs or evaluations need to be ready
36. Conference Summary, the IEP Team Meeting Minutes, summary of concerns/recommendations addressed at the IEP or Re-eval meeting (April 2008 version replaces the December 2006 version). Here it is as a PDF file. You may want to print this one on pink paper to match what is currently in the IEP files.
37. IEP Summary, a table for matching the students with their common IEP goals
38. Placement of IEP Folder Documentation, what goes where in Sevier County's IEP records
39. Placement of IEP Folder Documentation, what goes where in Sevier County's IEP records (MS Works 4 file)
40. Record of File Review, the page that goes on top of the left side of the IEP record, for reviewers to sign
41. Documentation of Medical Diagnosis Form, for doctors to indicate a diagnosis/prognosis for students with health/orthopedic impairments, attention deficits, or traumatic brain injury (in MS Word, and as a PDF file.)
42. Certification Forms enumerating the handicapping condition and giving the date of either the Psychological Evaluation, Medical Evaluation, Audiological Evaluation, Psychological Evaluation or Speech/Language Assessment, or Psychological/Medical Evaluation. These certification forms aren't required, but are used locally by Sevier County's School Psychologists. Case managers may leave them on top of the eligibility report, or just put the eligibility report (which is required) on the left side of the IEP folder atop all of its supporting documentation.
43. Parental Fee-for-Service Claim Notice, as an MS Word file, and as a PDF.  This is added to a student's IEP folder only once, after the first IEP meeting when it is presented and explained to the parent.
44. Notice of Provision of Free, Appropriate Public Education, the summary page that parents/guardians receive with the IEP
    1. PWN Initial Evaluation Template, a Prior Written Notice template for an initial referral meeting
    2. PWN for a 3-Year Re-evaluation Template, a Prior Written Notice template for use during a re-evaluation meeting
45. Data Collection Form for Determining Extended School Year Eligibility, to be kept all year long for IEP documentation tracking
46. Worksheet for Determining Extended School Year Eligibility. This one includes narrative front matter. Also see ESY Eligibility on the Information link.
47. Extended School Year Eligibility 5 Question Worksheet, for the case manager to write up prior to the annual IEP meeting
48. Extended School Year Service Plan for use before and during the ESY placement to document goal progress
49. Prevocational Checklist, as an Excel 4.0 file, and as a PDF
    1. Preschool Prevocational Skills Checklist, a slightly different version for the 3 to 5 year olds
50. Parent/Professional Vision Observations Checklist, a 3-page PDF used as part of the functional vision assessment
51. Student/Parents' Comprehensive Vocational Assessment Questionnaire/Inventory. Vocational planning is required as part of the IEP review process from 14 years old on.
52. Parents' Survey for Transition Planning in MS Word or HTML. Transition planning is required as part of the IEP review process from 14 years old on.
53. Student's Survey for Transition Planning in MS Word or HTML
54. Consent to Invite Outside Agency for Transition Services Planning in Word, and as as a PDF file
55. Behavior Plan in Word, as commonly used in Sevier County when necessary; also as a PDF file
56. FBA Behavior Support Plan in Word, as a PDF, and in MS Works. Similar to the one directly above.
57. TCAP Alt Addendum, for students from second grade up, when the IEP Team is recommending an alternative to the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program or required Gateway testing.  It also includes the permission to take pictures/videos for the parents to sign.
58. IEP Evaluation Data/Procedural Safeguards Sheet and the IEP Data Sheet Checklists (and instructions) for checking compliance with timing, procedures, and documentation in an IEP folder
59. Transition Assessment Student Profile, suggested transition summary sheet from the state director of transition services
    1. Transition Assessment Student Profile, same as above, but as a PDF file
60. Home/Community Activities Inventory for Primary and Elementary Students, a product of Tennessee's LRE for LIFE Project. It help
61. Home/Community Activities Inventory for Middle, Intermediate, and High School Students, a product of Tennessee's LRE for LIFE Project. This file also comes with a final page on which the student and parent can let the teacher know which goals they think are most important for the coming year.
62. Other LRE for LIFE forms and publications in MS Word. You can get copies of the two H/CAIs above and a lot of other CDC-specific documentation.
63. Data Collection and Behavior Documentation Forms, a growing assortment of PDF-file forms from PolyXO.com