Special Education Resources
for New Hampshire

Individualized Education Program (IEP)

Writing S.M.A.R.T. IEPs - by Peter W. D. Wright and Pamela Darr Wright
Introduction
(Step 1): Start with Baseline
(Step 2): Create Goals and Objectives
(Step 3): Use Objective Measurement

Writing IEPs For Success - by Barbara D. Bateman, Ph.D., J.D.

Legal Requirements for Transition Components of the IEP - by Barbara D. Bateman, Ph.D., J.D.

Support For School Personnel and Parent Training - Often Overlooked Keys To Success
- by Susan J. Bardet, Esq.

Documenting Communication with the School about Special Services - by Peter W. D. Wright and Pamela Darr Wright

Grading Students with Educational Disabilities
- Presented at the 4th Annual Best Practices in Special and Regular Education Conference 2001. The conference was sponsored by the New Hampshire School Administrators Association, the New Hampshire Association of Special Education Administrators, and the New Hampshire Department of Education

New Hamoshire Definitions of Functional Performance and Functional Goals

Clarification of the Role of the IEP Team in Selecting Individual Accommodations, Modifications in Administration, and Alternate Assessments for State and District-wide Assessments of Student Achievement - U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (OSERS) and Office for Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), January 12, 2001

Guidance on Including Students with Disabilities in Assessment Programs - U. S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), 2001. OSEP Memorandum 01-06; January 17, 2001.

Interventions for Cognitive and Academic Deficits - A Compendium of Accommodations and Instructional Strategies Corresponding to Woodcock Johnson III Cognitive and Achievement Clusters - John Seaman, Ph.D., School Psychologist, Granite School District

Specially Designed Instruction Manual - Fayette County Public Schools



Education Standards for New Hampshire Students

Curriculum Frameworks ~~~ Grade Level Expectations ~~~Grade Span Expectations




Grade Level IEP Goals

Connecting the IEP Goals and Objectives to the Content Standards - Southeastern Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center

Understanding the Standards-based Individualized Education Program (IEP) - National Center for Learning Disabilities

Aligning IEPs With State Standards and Accountability Systems - The Access Center

Reexamining Rowley: A New Focus in Special Education Law - Scott F. Johnson, Esq.

Standards-Based Individualized Education Program Examples - Marla Davis Holbrook - 2007 - National Association of State Directors of Special Education

Progress Monitoring

Research Institute on Progress Monitoring

National Center on Student Progress Monitoring

Critical Characteristics of a Three Tiered Model Applied to Reading Interventions

Easy CBM - University of Orgegon - assess progress in reading and math

Intervention Central - Curriculum Based Measurement Warehouse


Observable/Measurable Behaviors - If you cannot observe it you cannot measure it -

Observable Not Observable

Put in
Pick up
Eat
Scoop
Wipe
Press
Walk
Point to
Look at
Choose toy
Play appropriately
Sort by categories
Follow 2 step direction 
Add
Alphabetize
Answer in writing
Build
Circle
Complete in writing
Compute
Count 
Cut
Demonstrate
Describe orally
Discuss verbally
Explain orally
List in writing
Mark
Multiply
Name verbally
Read
Record in writing
Report orally
Spell orally
Subtract
Tell
Underline
Comprehend
Distinguish

 

Understand
Enjoy
Become familiar with
Prefer to
Participate in
Become aware of
Interact with
Grasp the meaning of
Indicate
Integrate with
Complete sequence
Know categories
Know routine
Identify
Experience
Think
Realize
Observe
Remember
Know
Learn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
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