The introduction begins with the definition of what is special education and individual education program. It also covers the various aspect of each component as has to how they are determined, the individual roles and functions. If your child receives special education services, he must have an Individualized Education Program (IEP). That’s the law. An IEP is an important legal document. It spells out your child’s learning needs, the services the school will provide and how progress will be measured. Several people, including parents, are involved in creating the document. The entire process can be a great way to sort out your child’s strengths and weaknesses. Working on the …show more content…
It gave definitions for what is a least restrictive environment, alternative placement. What are the various aspects of what special education services are and how they the services function. IEP teams must use the information from the PLAAFP and the goals that were written to determine the services, activities, and supports the student needs. IEP teams must decide a student’s placement based on the services, activities, and supports needed by the student rather than by the programs that are available within the regular classroom. Services are what a child needs in order to progress in the general education curriculum.
Programs are the classes or delivery system that are outside of the regular classroom because the students’ needs can’t be met.
This section also talked about how to write special education services. Each service, activity and support needs a description. Each accommodation must be described, therefore if there are four accommodations for a student there must be four descriptions each describing one accommodation. This allows for a better understanding of the implementation of the IEP services, activities and supports.
Section 5: Student Participation with Nondisabled
This section addressed the removal of a student with disabilities from the general education environment. This occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that, even with the use of supplementary aids and services, education cannot be satisfactorily