Special Education Legislation Individualized Education Program

Developing Standard-Based Individualized Education Program Objectives for Students with Significant Needs. By Sharon Lynch and Paula Adams.

Due to the need to provide equitable education and knowledge to children with special needs, the idea of Individualized Education Program (IEP) comes in handy to help make this a reality. It is upon the government's recognition of the needs of the children who have conditions that may not allow them to learn effectively or at the same speed with other children given the standard learning environment that it implemented various measures to ensure that no child is left behind in fulfilling their learning needs. Factually, these kids with learning impediments may not necessarily learn the same level of concept and complexity of ideas, hence the need to have their own individualized system that will impart the necessary skills and knowledge in them.

The attached article articulates some of the tenets of the IEP and the way they can be implemented and the accompanying benefits thereof. The article indicates...

This is accompanied by the measurable goals that need to be taken to ensure the children effectively learn. In as much as there is the narrowing of the general curriculum in approaching the IEP and the learning needs of the children, there is rampant integration of the functional content into the learning. This ensures that the teaching of these children is not rigid but flexible enough to accommodate even the most specific needs of this category of children. Notably, the general curriculum should not restrict these teachers to adhere strictly to science, math, science or language. Indeed doing so would defeat the meaning of the IEP and particularly the individualization aspect.
The IEP is also noted to require goals and objectives that take into account the special needs as well as the curriculum unlike the traditional approach of a commercially-published criterion. The problem with…