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IEP Guidebook : US Department of Education 
 
The Department of Education has a very parent-friendly resource, everything you would want to know about the IEP process, and I recommend you check this out: It's easy to navigate and written from a lay-person perspective ...  
 
 
 
 Example:  The table of contents highlights the following areas:
 

 A Closer Look at the IEP:

 

Contents of the IEP

 

Additional State and School-System Content

 

The IEP Team Members

 

Writing the IEP

 

Deciding Placement

 

After the IEP Is Written

 

Implementing the IEP

 

Reviewing and Revising the IEP

 

What If Parents Don’t Agree With the IEP?

 

Summary

 

 

 

In addition, the latest IDEA 2004 technical information from the Department of Education (Ed Gov.) can be found at the following link: This is for the advocate-expert-novice and reads fairly dry; includes forms and official documents ....

 

                         http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html#tools

 


Washington State's Special Education Guideline Handbook:

 

This is the latest version of our state's special education guidelines addressing everything you ever wanted to know about law and procedures within the IEP process.  This was recently adopted July 2007.

 

 http://www.k12.wa.us/SpecialEducation/pubdocs/wac/WAC392-172a.doc