Chart Your Own Future: How your Individualized Education Program can help
July 9, 2026 1:31 pmChart Your Own Future: How your Individualized Education Program (IEP) can help
Chart Your Own Future: How your Individualized Education Program (IEP) can help
Want to learn more about the IEP for children 14 and older? Click here https://ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/OSCAS/RITAP_IEP-Guide_Secondary_14.doc
Follow these easy steps before your next IEP team meeting, during the meeting, and after the meeting, to help you advocate for yourself with confidence and make your voice heard.
For more information, visit: PACER – IEP Meeting Checklist for Students
This guidebook has been developed to provide districts and families with directions on how to complete the Rhode Island IEP form Age 3 thru 13.*
The state of Rhode Island is committed to providing educational opportunities for all students to achieve high standards. For students with disabilities, this means that the student must be provided with a free, appropriate, public education designed to meet his or her needs and to provide the student with access and opportunity to attain those high standards. Their education must also be provided in the least restrictive environment, which for most students is the regular classroom. The foundation of the program for the student with a disability is the Individualized Education Program (IEP) developed by the IEP team.
Click HERE for the guidebook.
At times, you may not be able to join a special education meeting in person. Fortunately, technology allows meetings to be held virtually, by phone or via the Internet. This is now happening with many different kinds of meetings—IEP Team meetings, mediations, resolution sessions, and due process hearings. This resource was developed by CADRE, the Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education as a guide for parents and educators.
Click HERE for this one page tool.
Ser padre es el más maravilloso—y más duro—trabajo del mundo. Si tiene un hijo o hija con necesidades especiales, su trabajo no deja de ser maravilloso, pero puede ser más complicado.
https://www.parentcenterhub.org/wp-content/uploads/repo_items/spanish/pa12sp.pdf
Once a student has been designated as a student with a disability and is eligible for special education and related services under IDEA 2004, the school district must conduct a meeting to develop an Individualized Education Program (IEP). The RI Department of Education has updated their Frequently Asked Questions document.
For more information: The IEP Process – FAQ and Flowcharts (page 24 and 76)
Get essential information about strengths-based IEPs in this one-page fact sheet. You can read the fact sheet below or print it out and give it to your child’s teachers, principal and anyone else who wants to help schools leverage kids’ strengths to work on weaknesses.
For more information: https://www.understood.org/articles/strengths-based-ieps-what-you-need-to-know