Special Education PBS Process There Term Paper

This plan should address the concerns of the parents and must be tailored to suit the specific needs of the concerned child. Developing an IEP involves a collaborative approach from the teachers, parents and students and other special education staff. Team effort is central to the success of the program as only when input from all the members are garnered can a successful plan be charted out. Once the eligibility criterion is established the next step is to put in written form the IEP. The present level of education performance document is an important source to be drawn from while developing a comprehensive IEP. It includes all information pertaining to the student's strengths, weaknesses and other qualities. Observing the performance reports of the student would provide a good idea of the strengths and weakness of the student in all areas. Based on this the expectations or goals for the particular student may be appropriately ascertained. The IEP document should also explicitly specify non-participation of the student in particular activities with other non-disabled students. [LD Online]

Analysing the present level of performance also enables the committee responsible for forming the IEP to have a more exact understanding of the learning style of the particular student, and also to identify the teaching methods that are either effective or ineffective for the particular student.[U.S. Department of Education] the present level performance report also highlights the particular disabilities and how it affects the student's participation and performance. Thus, special education services that are needed for the student, the training needed for the teachers are all identified based on the present performance report. Since the present level of performances report includes all these important information about the student it constitutes the basic input for development of long-term goals, short-term objectives and a comprehensive IEP for the student.

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U.S Department of Education, "A Guide to Individualized Education Program," Accessed 7th August 2006, available at http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html

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