Interventions, Indicators, and the Interventions, Indicators, and the IEP ProcessIEP Process

Peers GroupPaulding Elementary SchoolApril 25, 2006

Team MembersTeam Members

Debra Paputsakis, facilitatorKelly SpanglerStacey DiefenthalerEmily MillerPat StevensonTracy Gunderman

Project DescriptionProject Description

To acquaint new special education teachers with the IEP process

To review the IEP Inter-Rater Agreement training manual

To develop a bank of goals and objectives for the IEP

To discuss strengths and weaknesses for our students

To discuss interventions used in helping our students reach their goals

To plan for the next school year

Debra Paputsakis, FacilitatorDebra Paputsakis, Facilitator

Shown is Deb looking over the IEP Inter-Rater training tool. A lot of our Peers time was spent discussing this.

Pat Stevenson, Autism TeacherPat Stevenson, Autism Teacher

Pat is shown here looking at www.interventioncentral.org We found different probes at this site that we used as assessment probes in writing our IEPs.

Stacey Diefenthaler and Kelly Stacey Diefenthaler and Kelly Spangler, 4Spangler, 4thth and 5 and 5thth grade grade Special Education TeachersSpecial Education Teachers

Stacey and Kelley are looking at goals and objectives from a school in Redmond, Oregon. They are getting some new ideas in developing their own bank of goals and objectives for writing the IEP. We looked at several different examples of databanks during our Peers group.

Tracy Gunderman, Speech Pathologist, and Tracy Gunderman, Speech Pathologist, and Emily Miller, Multi-Handicapped TeacherEmily Miller, Multi-Handicapped Teacher

Tracy and Emily are shown here discussing some of the strengths and weaknesses of the students. They are then going to search for intervention ideas on the computer.

Tillman Karl, Special Education Tillman Karl, Special Education CoordinatorCoordinator

Our peers group culminated in a meeting with Tillman Karl. We spent two hours with him discussing concerns regarding the entire IEP process. We felt the group was very beneficial for us in developing our IEPs.