Individual Education Plans

• A Road Map To Success - Individualized Education Program
  http://www.hyperlexia.org/iep_roadmap.html
  This booklet is published by the State of Ohio Department of Education

• Individualized Education Program (I.E.P.)
  http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/iep/iep.html
  Several articles on the topic from LD OnLine

• Individualized Education Programs - NICHCY Briefing Paper
  http://www.nichcy.org/ideapubs.asp#lg2
  This publication provides substantial guidance regarding the legal requirements for developing a student's IEP. It is a verbatim reprinting of (a) federal regulations about IEPs, and (b) Appendix A (formerly Appendix C) to the IDEA 97, which is a series of questions and answers about federal regulations on the IEP.

• Transition Services in the IEP
  http://www.nichcy.org/pubs/outprint/ts8txt.htm
  This issue of Transition Summary looks closely at the definitions, mandates, and structure of transition services for youth with disabilities, as mandated within IDEA.

• IEP Issues / Writing IEP Goals
  http://www.cesa7.k12.wi.us/sped/issues-IEPissues/writingiep/writingindex.htm
  From Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 7 (CESA-7), Wisconsin

• A Student's Guide to the IEP
  http://www.nichcy.org/stuguid.asp#set1
  This guide is intended to help students with disabilities participate in planning and writing their own Individualized Education Program (IEP). The guide tells students what an IEP is, why they need to be part of their IEP team, how to help write the IEP, and much more.

• Questions Often Asked About Special Education Services
  http://www.nichcy.org/ideapubs.asp#lg1
  This Briefing Paper uses a question and answer format to provide guidance about special education services. It is written primarily to help parents learn, in overview fashion, about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and how children with disabilities access special education and related services.

• Individual Education Plans for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
  http://www.ibwebs.com/iepindex.htm
  This page was created in an attempt to pass some of the expertise of the "more experienced" parents on to those among us who feel we can improve the educational situation for our children. This page contains links to some actual IEP's sent in by parents. The names of the children have been removed for the sake of privacy.

• What Makes a Good Individual Education Plan for Your Child?
  http://www.pacer.org/parent/iep.htm
  From Minnesota's Special Education Laws

• Checklist for Effective IEPs
  http://www.peatc.org/checklist.htm
  Covers the "must haves" for an IEP meeting - From the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center in Virginia
   
• IEP Checklist for Parents
  http://www.wpas-rights.org/publications/iep_checklist.htm
  From the Washington Protection & Advocacy System
   
• IEP Review Checklist
  http://www.fetaweb.com/03/iep.chklist.review.htm
  From Wright's Law web site
   
• IEP Goals
  http://www.reedmartin.com/iepgoals.htm
  Special education attorney Reed Martin's web site.
   
• IEP Goals and Objectives/Benchmarks
  http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=296
  From SchwabLearning.org - A Parent's Guide to Helping Kids With Learning Difficulties
   
• Wrightslaw Game Plan: Writing Good IEP Goals & Objectives
  http://www.wrightslaw.com/advoc/articles/plan_iep_goals.html
  From the Wrightslaw web site which includes thousands of articles, cases, and free resources on dozens of special education topics.

Software Programs

• IEP Software
  http://www.iepware.com/
  Sample goals and objectives

• Class Plus IEP Software
  http://www.classplus.com/
  A comphrehensive curricula for all special populations; goals & objectives for every subject, every area; creates Individual Education Plan (IEP)