This area of the DE website provides information for Iowa’s special education practitioners. It is hoped that by using the information on this website, Iowa’s special education practitioners will be able to lead teams as they develop IEPs that will positively direct the education of all the students in Iowa with special education needs. Contents include both regulatory and best practice information about various topics surrounding the development of effective quality IEPs that are compliant with IDEA.

IEP Quality Section Topics

• Foundations of IEP
• The IEP Team
• Initial IEPs
• IEP Review
• Reevaluations
• Reevaluation Questions
• Amending the IEP
• IEP Requirements for Children Ages 3 through 5
• Interim IEPs
• Private Schools
• Adding a New Goal Area
• Trial Out
• Secondary Transition
• Transition Part C to Part B
• Behavioral Concerns
• Discipline Procedures
• Assistive Technology & NIMAS
• Deaf or Hard of Hearing
• Blind and Visually Impaired
• Home or Hospital Bound
• Individual Health Plan
• Least Restrictive Environment
• PLAAFP Ages 3-12
• PLAAFP Ages 13-21
• Goals
• Progress Monitoring Procedures
• Services Pages F & G
• Services, Activities and Supports
• District-wide Assessment
• Prior Written Notice
• Due Process
• Extended School Year Services
• Autism & ASD
• Medicaid
• Prohibition on Mandatory Medication
• Data