IEP+PROCESS


 * INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN PROCESS: **

The referral process is when a person or group refers a student who might have a disability to special education services. This starts the process for a student who might have a disability to receive a better education.
 * Step 1: Referral **

This next step is to identify whether a student needs special education. If he or she does then the IEP team will decide what type of services are required. One way the special education team observes a student is by assessment. These assessments are done by the multidisciplinary team that is made up of professionals. This is where the team finds the student’s strengths and weaknesses.
 * Step 2: Identification **

Once the team has collected the data, the team sees if the student has a disability and meets the criteria for special education services.
 * Step 3: Eligibility **

The next step is when the IEP team has gone through all of the processes, the parent and the IEP team has a meeting and discusses the proper education, special services and where the student should be placed. From there the IEP team begins an outline for the students IEP. Once the team feels like the outline is done, the team then creates the IEP.
 * Step 4: Development of an IEP **

This is the step where the student services and program begins. Once the IEP is implemented through out the school, the student is able to receive the best education for him or her.
 * Step 5: Implementation of the IEP **

To make sure that the services the student is receiving in his IEP is effective, the team has to evaluate and review the IEP each year. If the evaluations that were done did not see an improvement in the student’s education then the team has to go back the first couple of steps and create a new IEP.
 * Step 6: Evaluation and Review **