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Julie Irene Bost; Carl Lashley – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2025
The purpose of this interview-based qualitative study was to explore how individualized education program (IEP) team members determine least restrictive environment and educational placement. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires students with disabilities to be educated in the least restrictive environment and to the…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Student Placement
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2022
An IEP is an Individualized Education Program. When a child is identified with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) a child has a right to a Free, Appropriate, Public Education (FAPE). For a child to receive FAPE there has to be an IEP developed in order for the child to progress in the general education…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Student Needs, Teamwork
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Ní Bhroin, Órla; King, Fiona – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
A study was conducted to explore the impact of professional development related to the individual education plan (IEP) process on teachers' understanding and practices in the Republic of Ireland (RoI). This paper reports on part of that research, focusing on teachers' collaborative practices in the IEP process. In the RoI, teachers working as…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development
Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities, 2019
An IEP is an Individualized Education Program. When a child is identified with a disability under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) a child has a right to a Free, Appropriate, Public Education (FAPE). For a child to receive FAPE there has to be an IEP developed in order for the child to progress in the general education…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Student Needs, Teamwork
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Rozalski, Michael; Stewart, Angie; Miller, Jason – Exceptionality, 2010
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that students with disabilities be educated with peers without disabilities "to the maximum extent appropriate." When the individualized education program (IEP) team is reviewing the student's current performance, establishing the student's goals, and determining the services that the…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Mainstreaming
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Hollingsworth, Heidi L.; Boone, Harriet Able; Crais, Elizabeth R. – Young Exceptional Children, 2009
This article begins with a vignette about Carla, a 4-year-old girl with a diagnosis of developmental delays. It then describes a model to facilitate inclusion of young children in early childhood settings. The authors developed this model as they worked with practicing early childhood professionals. The model places emphasis on the following…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Preschool Children, Cooperation
Vandercook, Terri; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1989
The McGill Action Planning System (MAPS) is a planning process for furthering the integration of children with disabilities into the school community, using a team which includes the individual, family members, friends, and regular and special education personnel. Examples of MAPS planning for elementary-age and secondary-age children with severe…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
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Warden, Paul; And Others – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1982
Calls for a team approach to meeting the vocational needs of handicapped learners. Emphasizes the need for a multi-disciplinary approach to vocational programing. Specifies the competencies necessary to facilitate a team effort and provides an example of a cooperative approach to the individualized education programs. (Editor/CT)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Educational Needs
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1984
The report documents the 1981-82 and 1982-83 cycles of School-Based Support Team (SBST) services administered by the New York City Public Schools Division of Special Education. SBSTs include school social workers, psychologists, and educational evaluators as core members and are intended to provide consultation and support to regular education…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Criteria, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Adams, William H.; Bielicki, Raymond J. – 1982
An alternative educational program, ADVANCE (Alternative Design for Vocational and Necessary Cognitive Education), was developed for emotionally disturbed secondary school students in New Jersey. To develop and modify social behaviors needed to complete academic and vocational training to facilitate a return to the mainstream of secondary…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Emotional Disturbances, Individualized Education Programs, Mainstreaming
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York, Jennifer; Vandercook, Terri – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1991
This article presents a four-step strategy for developing Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for severely disabled learners based on principles of age-appropriate participation in regular classes and special education and related services provided in the regular school environment. Stressed are integration, individualization, teamwork,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Mainstreaming, Program Development
Nichols, William Dee; And Others – 1996
Students with special needs are increasingly taught in the least restrictive environment, which often means the general education classroom. Mainstreaming and inclusion provide the most appropriate education for each student in the least restrictive setting, considering the education needs of students rather than their clinical labels. A key…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Equal Education
Coonrod, Debbie – 1980
Designed as an operating manual, the document is designed to strengthen the efforts between Monroe County Community Action Program (M.C.C.A.P.) Head Start and other services helping meet the needs of the handicapped child, to insure continuity of experiences for handicapped children moving from Head Start into the public school systems of Monroe…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Handicap Identification
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Brackett, Diane – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1997
Addresses the role of the speech language pathologist in the education and therapy of students with hearing impairments educated in classes with normally hearing peers. It concludes that the speech-language pathologist should be the on-site specialist in hearing responsible for designing a collaborative rehabilitation/education plan that addresses…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Inclusive Schools, Individualized Education Programs
Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka. – 1992
This resource manual focuses on the development and enhancement of student program planning teams in schools oriented to inclusive education of students with disabilities. First, the terms inclusion, integration, and mainstreaming are clarified. Then, the challenge of developing instructional and behavioral plans that allow students to learn…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Educational Cooperation, Educational Planning
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