PEPSA: Bulletproofing your IEPs with measurable annual goals

Training Description

In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court held that schools must offer an IEP that is reasonably calculated to enable a student to make appropriate progress. This standard cannot be met if IEP teams do not write measurable annual goals, by which a student’s progress may be monitored. In this presentation, a four-step method for crafting measurable goals will be offered and the critical importance of measuring and reporting student progress toward these goals will be emphasized.

Training Objectives

1. Discuss the three dimensions of FAPE: Procedures, substance, implementation.
2. Present the IEP content that led to substantively correct IEPs.
3. Explain a four-step method for crafting measurable annual goals.
4. Describe practitioner friendly method to monitor and report of student progress.

About the Presenter

Mitchell L. Yell, Ph.D., is the Fred and Francis Lester Palmetto Chair of Teacher Education and a Professor in Special Education at the University of South Carolina. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. His professional interests include special education law, IEP development, and progress monitoring. Dr. Yell also serves as a State-level due process review officer (SRO) in South Carolina.

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