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Who is a member? The IEP Team: How to Operate the Slide: Slide self-loads. No clicking is needed, except to advance the slide to the next one. Use this slide to orient your audience to what this training will be about: The IEP team and who’s a member. Produced by NICHCY, 2007

The IEP series… This module looks at: IEP Team Content of the IEP Meetings of the IEP Team LRE Decision Making Private Schools This module looks at: Produced by NICHCY, 2007 Members of the IEP Team Type of information each member might contribute

Who must public agency include on the IEP Team? The child’s parent(s) Produced by NICHCY, 2007

Who must public agency include on the IEP Team? Not less than 1 of child’s special education teachers* * Or, when appropriate, not less than 1 of child’s special education providers Produced by NICHCY, 2007

Who must public agency include on the IEP Team? * If child is, or may be, participating in regular education environment Not less than 1 of child’s regular education teachers*

Representative of public agency Who must public agency include on the IEP Team? Must be: qualified to provide (or supervise provision of) specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of children with disabilities knowledgeable about general ed curriculum knowledgeable about availability of resources of public agency Representative of public agency Produced by NICHCY, 2007

Who must public agency include on the IEP Team? Individual who can interpret instructional implications of evaluation results May: already be a member of the IEP team for another purpose, but may not be the child’s parent Produced by NICHCY, 2007

Others with “knowledge or special expertise” about the child Who must public agency include on the IEP Team? Others with “knowledge or special expertise” about the child Such a person: attends “at the discretion of the parent or the agency” may be a related services provider (as appropriate) Produced by NICHCY, 2007

“Knowledge or special expertise” about the child? Who must public agency include on the IEP Team? “Knowledge or special expertise” about the child? “Knowledge or special expertise” about the child is determined by whoever invites individual to be part of the IEP Team Produced by NICHCY, 2007

Who’s missing from this picture? Who must public agency include on the IEP Team? Who’s missing from this picture? Produced by NICHCY, 2007 Take a Wild Guess!

Who must public agency include on the IEP Team? The child with a disability! The focus of all this discussion and planning! Must be invited to attend, whenever appropriate Must be invited to a meeting where postsecondary goals and transition services needed to reach those goals will be considered Produced by NICHCY, 2007

The child with a disability! Who must public agency include on the IEP Team? The child with a disability! If child does not attend the meeting, other steps must be taken to ensure that child’s preferences and interests are considered Produced by NICHCY, 2007

So we’re talking about transition… …including the student… The regular players… Representatives of other agencies likely to be responsible for providing or paying for transition services* * Consent Alert! Consent Alert! Produced by NICHCY, 2007

So we’re talking about transition… * Consent Alert! Consent Alert! Parental consent is required (or the student’s consent, if he or she has reached the age of majority)… …before public agency may invite these participating agency representatives to attend an IEP meeting where postsecondary goals and transition services needed to reach those goals will be considered Produced by NICHCY, 2007

Another Special Transition Time If parents ask, public agency must invite Part C service coordinator (or other reps of Part C system) to initial IEP meeting to assist with smooth transition in services When a child previously served under Part C… …moves to Part B Produced by NICHCY, 2007

Produced by NICHCY, 2007 Roundup Time!