Education and Early Childhood Development: Individual Educational Planning (IEP) for Students

Individual Educational Planning (IEP) for Students

The educational needs of most students will be met by classroom/subject teachers using regular provincial curriculum. However, some students may be identified by teachers as experiencing learning challenges and individual planning becomes important and necessary for their success in school.

At this point in the planning process teachers and parents working together decide on the interventions that will best meet the special needs of the student. In some cases, a short-term strategy is effective; for other students, individual planning may result in adaptations or modifications to the prescribed curriculum.

In either case, decisions regarding adaptations and modifications must be made collaboratively with parents and students, if appropriate, and be based on an assessment of the student's special educational needs. It is important that parents are part of the decision making process and understand that there is a significant difference between adaptation and modification as it applies to provincial curriculum.

The following definitions illustrate the distinction between adaptation and modification:

Adaptation: A documented process that allows a student with special educational needs to participate in the prescribed provincial curriculum with changes in format, instructional strategies and/or assessment procedures that retain the learning outcomes of the curriculum. This adaptation may include alternate formats, instructional strategies and/or assessment procedures.

Full credit will be granted for such courses but adaptations used will be documented and kept on file.

Modification: A process which changes the prescribed curriculum to meet a student's special educational needs. Modified courses do not provide the same credit as a prescribed course. Details of the modified course must be included in the student's file and the transcript should indicate that the course has been modified.

Individual Educational Planning - Standards and Guidelines

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