Elementary Age
Goals:
- Practice expressing needs and asking for help
- Understanding accommodations and goals in IEP
- Practice coping strategies and modifications (if necessary) for disability
- Practice talking to adults about personal goals and educational goals
Sample documents for IEP participation:
- Example Preschool-Elem School PowerPoint (from I’m Determined Project)
- Elementary One-pager Example
Middle School
Goals:
- Begin Writing and participating in IEPs
- Be able to describe disability in own words
- Understand how the disability presents itself
- List accommodations and modifications needed in various settings/classes
- Be able to explain accommodations to teachers
Sample documents for IEP participation (these may also apply to high school students):
- Example MS or HS PowerPoint (from I’m Determined Project)
- One-pager for MS or HS (MYT)
High School
Goals:
- Be able to talk with teachers about disability, modifications and accommodations
- Practice advocating for accommodations and modifications in appropriate ways
- Be able to set up meetings with teachers to discuss needs
- Understand laws of IEPs
- Present (at least) sections of IEP in meeting
- Develop skills to participate as a team member