By Elizabeth A. Morrow, Esq.

To create compliant, educationally sound IEPs, your district needs to meet myriad IDEA requirements concerning both the document and the process — from meeting format to measurable annual goals, and from behavioral intervention plans to IEP review and revision. Here’s your one-stop guide through it all.

More than 400 Q&As spell out your IDEA requirements in all areas — giving you key guidance to draft IEPs that are results-oriented and focused on each student’s unique needs:

• Who must participate in an IEP meeting?
• Must assistive technology be included in an IEP?
• Is it acceptable for a school district to present parents with a draft IEP?
• Does the inclusion of generic goals make the IEP legally deficient?
• And hundreds more!

Plus, this new Fourth Edition examines new rules under the Every Student Succeeds Act regarding alternate assessments and teacher qualifications, as well as the latest case law on stay-put, procedural violations of the IDEA, postsecondary transition and graduation, transfer students, and predetermination of placement.