About this course
Navigating special education services for your child can be overwhelming. Most parents don't know what steps to take to build their child's individualized education program (IEP).
This course will teach you, step by step, how to advocate for your child to receive an appropriate education.
This free course is made possible
thanks to the generous support of
AMGEN
Example Curriculum
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SCHOOL AND LEARNING
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STEP 1: REFERRAL TO SPECIAL EDUCATION
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STEP 2: EVALUATION
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- 4.1: STEP 2 – Evaluation/Assessment (8:01)
- 4.2: What Assessments Does My Child Need? (overview) (28:20)
- 4.3: Evaluation Procedures (0:38)
- 4.4: Who Evaluates?
- 4.5: How to Ask for Evaluations
- 4.6: Review of Existing Evaluation Data (“REED”)
- 4.7: Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) (7:40)
- 4.8: Private Assessments
- 4.9: Assessment Resources
- 4.10: Neuropsychological, Psycho-educational, Academic, and Functional/Adaptive Assessments (45:37)
- 4.11: Neuropsychological Assessment
- 4.12: Psychoeducational Assessment
- 4.13: Behavior Assessments (1:08)
- 4.14: Communication Assessments – Speech, Language, AAC, and Social Language (9:00)
- 4.15: Auditory (Hearing & Listening) Assessments (31:21)
- 4.16: Vision Assessments (26:17)
- 4.16: Gross Motor Assessments (4:00)
- 4.17: Adapted PE Assessments (2:56)
- 4.18: Fine Motor & Sensory Assessments (6:41)
- 4.19: Assistive Technology Assessments (5:26)
- 4.20: Health Assessments (7:08)
- 4.21: Transition Assessments (2:33)
STEP 3: IDENTIFICATION (DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION)
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STEP 4: DEVELOP THE IEP
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- 6.1: STEP 4 – Building the IEP (1:53)
- 6.2 IEP: Team Members (4:37)
- 6.3: Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP) (9:05)
- 6.4: Individualized Health Plans and Emergency Planning
- 6.5: Measurable Annual Goals (68:52)
- 6.6: Special Education (Specially Designed Instruction/SDI) (3:18)
- 6.7: Supplementary Aids & Services (0:47)
- 6.8: Related Services (0:41)
- 6.9: Accommodations & Modifications (3:26)
- 6.10: Progress Monitoring (46:46)
- 6.11: Supports for School Personnel (0:33)
- 6.12: Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) (1:47)
- 6.13: Extent of Non-Participation (1:42)
- 6.14: State and Local Testing (2:01)
- 6.15: Service Delivery (2:50)
- 6.16: Special Factors (3:50)
- 6.17: Extended School Year (ESY) (7:28)
- 6.18: Individualized Transition Plan (ITP)
- 6.19: Consent to the IEP (1:39)
STEP 5: PLACEMENT
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STEP 6 - REVIEW AND REVISE IEP
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STEP 7 - REEVALUATE
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ADVOCACY & PROBLEM SOLVING
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SCHOOL AND LEARNING AFTER EPILEPSY SURGERY
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND HANDOUTS
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