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The parts of an individualised education programme

An individualised education programme is a written plan for a learner with a disability: where they are now, targets that are measured, the services provided, the supports you give in class, how much of the day is with everybody else, and when the team meets again.

Hone is a place to practise a career, one idea a day. This is one of its lessons, written out in full and free to read without an account.

What it is for

The first one lands in your pigeonhole at forty pages and nobody tells you which four of them are yours. The supports in your room are yours, they are required rather than offered, and 'I had not read it' is not a position that exists.

How to think about it

Read four things on day one: the targets, the supports you provide, who delivers the services, and the review date. Put the supports on a card in your planner. Record evidence against the targets as you go, rather than in the week before the review.

Worked example

Present levels: what the learner can do now, with data
The starting point everything else is measured from.
Annual targets: measurable, with how progress is checked and how often
Measurable, or progress on them cannot be reported.
Services: what is provided, by whom, how often and for how long
Often delivered by somebody other than you.
Supports in your room: the changes you make every lesson
This is the part that binds a classroom teacher, and it is the part nobody hands you separately.
Placement and review date: time with everybody else, and when the team meets again
Reviewed at least once a year; the exact timeline where you work will be given to you.

Your turn

Write the line that names the changes a classroom teacher makes every lesson under the plan.

The changes you make in your room every lesson are the .

The trap

Treating the plan as the specialist's document. The services may belong to somebody else; the day-to-day supports are yours, and they are a requirement rather than an offer.

Practise the parts of an individualised education programme on HoneA question on it now, a real problem where there is one, and it is remembered for review. Free, no email needed.