Student Led IEPS
A Guide For Life Skills Students
Amber Watts
Ashlyn Hudson
It’s not easy to be…
ME
Copyright@2003 by Jamie Van Dycke
How do we ensure that our
students never feel like this?
What is a Student Led IEP
Meeting?
An ARD meeting in which the student is
making significant contributions
Levels of involvement may vary
Student’s may contribute by sharing
information about themselves, drafting
IEP’s, stating future goals
Student self-advocates
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Different for LIFE Students
Visuals needed
Step by step teaching of the ARD process
Rehearsal of participation, prompting, and
cues
More instruction needed for understanding of
disability, goals, and steps to take to reach
goals
Importance of Student Led IEP
meetings
Increase student understanding of their
disabilities, their strengths, their
weaknesses
Meeting stays positive and focused
Teach self-advocacy
Student-centered planning for the future
Helps fulfill Indicator 13 requirements
Why We Don’t Include Students?
It’s easier not to
Not enough time
Difficult to include students
Participants unsure of their roles
We Can Help!!!
Student Friendly ARD Agenda
Activities with visuals to prepare for the ARD
Classroom lessons
Activity explaining ARD’s
Tools for prompting participation during the
meeting
Initial Preparation
Teach students: What is an ARD, ARD
roles and responsibilities, etc
Student completes KWL, Transition
Quadrant, ARD PowerPoint, and Visual
IEP progress report
Practice and Rehearse
Activities
KWL – Know - a review of progress on previous
goals and objectives; Present Levels of
Performance
– Want to Know - Aids in the development of
Draft Goals and Objectives
– Learned -Mastered IEP objectives, grows
year to year
Activities
Transition Quadrant
– Each quadrant depicts what the student
aims to achieve in Education, Vocation,
Recreation/Living, & Living
– Posted in the classroom year round to
serve as a reminder of future goals
Activities
Visual IEP Progress Report - Activity to
update IEP objectives each 6 weeks
Student Led IEP Agenda
IEP Meeting Agenda
I.Welcome & Introductions
II.Purpose & Vision
III.Student Knowledge & Skills
IV. Make a Plan
V.Assurances, Minutes, Consensus, Signatures
Activities
ARD PowerPoint – Strengths/Weaknesses
– What I have learned
– What I want to learn
– Help I need…/Accommodations
– Course of Study
– Post Secondary Goals
Power Point/Movie Maker
Pictures of students doing things they
like
Pictures of Activities/objectives they
have mastered
Pictures of students working toward
future goals
Helps students by providing a
framework as they present
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Activity Match Up
Activity
Use in ARD
Meeting
KWL Chart
Student Knowledge
and Skills; Make a plan
Purpose and Vision;
Make a Plan
Make a Plan; Student
Knowledge and Skills
Should incorporate all
parts of ARD agenda
Post Secondary
Quadrant
Visual IEP Progress
Reports
Power Point/Movie
Maker
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A Meaningful Meeting
Student’s have understanding of IEP
Goals
Student’s have understanding of Future
Goals
Student’s are able to identify their
Strengths/Weaknesses
The Meeting is Student Centered
Supports Self-Advocacy
Positive Experience for All
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Additional Benefits…
Indicator 13 Compliance
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Post Secondary goals
Coordinated Set of Activities
Course of Study
Annual IEP Goals
Transition Assessments
Strengths/Weaknesses
Student participation
Questions or Comments
Amber Watts is a Transition Specialist for
Irving ISD. She loves ice cream, her dog, and
tulips. Feel free to contact her at
awatts@irvingisd.net
Ashlyn Hudson is a Diagnostician for Tyler
ISD. She loves Kermit the dog, all things
polka dot, and tomatoes. Contact her at
ashlyn.hudson@tylerisd.org