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Instruction
• SARCs
• Reports
• Forms
• Student Learning Outcomes
Summer
School College of Marin
(COM)
Marin County Office
of Education
Special
Education – County SELPA
Marin Teaching Network
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STUDENT
SERVICES
 Special
Education Services PARENT GUIDE
THE INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN (IEP)
An IEP is developed at a meeting in which the student
and parents are invited to actively participate as IEP team members
The written IEP:
- describes the student’s special needs
- describes student progress and defines goals in the following
areas: academic, behavioral, and transitional
- explains how the student, school, student services, and parents
will work together to meet these goals (accommodations, etc.)
- is an offer of district services, not a guarantee that goals
and objectives will be accomplished
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THE IEP MEETING
- Purpose
- Initial review for Special Ed. Services
- Annual review of student progress
- Three year review
- Change of educational placement, etc.
- Who is there?
- Teachers (Special Ed. & Regular Ed.)
- Counselor
- Parents
- Student
- Administrator
- Others as needed e.g. school psychologist, therapist
- What to bring?
- Knowledge of student accommodations and progress
- Samples of student’s recent work
- Grade print outs
- Questions for staff, etc.
- Confidentiality
All information covered is confidential.
CASE MANAGEMENT
What to expect from your child’s Case Manager
- Support the student to meet his/her IEP goals and graduation requirements
- IEP assessment and development with IEP team
- Communicate and collaborate with general education staff (teachers,
counselors, and administration) regarding student needs
- Communicate with parents regarding the IEP and the student’s
progress (phone calls, email, meetings, etc.)
- Provide input and assist students with course scheduling
ACCOMMODATION vs. MODIFICATION
| Accommodations
- Working with regular curriculum and standards
- Does not change the content of the course
- Does not fundamentally alter or lower the standard or expectation
of the course, standard, or test.
- Student will earn regular credit for course and is eligible
for a High School Diploma
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Modifications
- Altering the curriculum to match individual needs
- May change the content of the course
- Fundamentally alters or lowers the standard or expectation of
the course, standard, or test
- Student will earn “Modified” credit and is eligible
for a High School Certificate of Completion
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