Individualized Education Programs (IEP) are designed to give child with special needs the services they require in order to benefit from formal education. Without these IEPs the children are not "playing on a level field" so to speak. The determination of the goals for a child in an IEP is briefly discussed. An Individualized Education Program (IEP) must be developed within 30 calendar days after a child in the classroom according to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IEPs are not static, but every year after the IEP is developed the IEP team must meet to review the progress of the child towards their specific learning goals and develop new set new learning goals if needed (Volpiansky et al. 2010). The team would consist of the parents of the child, at least one of the teachers, at least one special education teacher of the child or one special education provider, a qualified representative of the school who is qualified to supervise the specially designed instruction to meet the unique needs of children with disabilities, an individual who can interpret...

This would involve the use of the school psychologist or an outside school psychologist to formally assess all aspects of the child's intellectual and academic abilities in order to determine the child's strengths and weakness. Once the formal assessment is completed this would provide a guideline for the development of specific educational goals tailored for the child. I believe that the formal assessment is appropriate to determine the child's abilities as…