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Guide to Writing Quality Individualized Education Programs (2nd Edition)

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This book is well written, and the examples are decent, if you've never seen an actual IEP, but because each state (and sometimes even each school district) typically has its own IEP format, this book isn't terribly useful. Maryland (the state I am in) requires that IEP annual goals be taken directly from the Voluntary State Curriculum, at grade level, but this book only covers the very basics outlined by IDEA.

When researching (via Google) online resources as to how to write IEP Goals based on a curriculum (even when the student's academic functioning is far below grade level), I came across a number of very useful, (legally) free resources, often put together by actual state boards of education, or school districts, to aid their own teachers in meeting state requirements for an IEP.

That being said, I would recommend this book if 1) you have no time to look up other resources, and/or 2) you don't have internet access. It's well written, and gets you in the ball park, so it's better than nothing.

This workbook was very helpful in getting an overall feel for the components of an IEP. The explanations were clear and direct. It gave a lot of examples and guidance for writing an IEP. The workbook portion was very helpful for practicing writing a mock IEP. I do wish it had had more information about IDEA.

This was a very thorough and complete guide to writing IEPs. I found it to be easy to read and understand. It made writing an IEP much easier and helped me to write a good IEP.

Writing Individualized Education Programs is perfect for prospective Special Education teachers. It gives step-by-step instructions on how to go through the process of writing quality IEPs that will help the student progress towards reaching his academic and behavioral goals. Writing IEPs is not an enormous task after all. I'm glad I bought this book!

Nice text, easy to navigate and good pointers. Use this along side the IEP Interator tool and you'll be writing good quality IEPs in no time.

I have been a case manager for 6 years and bought this book to keep me current and give me additional ideas on how to write quality IEP's. This was an excellent purchase!

this book is helping me develop as a special education teacher. I will be able to write quality iep's for my students.

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