Written from the perspective of an educator with over 25 years of experience working with students receiving various levels of special education services, Planning, Writing, and Implementing an IEP: A Christian Approach goes far beyond completing paperwork and conducting meetings, and addresses the comprehensive nature of the IEP process.
In addition, the publication approaches the IEP process from a Christian perspective, reminding the reader to look at each IEP as an opportunity to serve a family by providing hope and a vision for the student’s education.
The publication challenges administrators, service providers, and parents, to consider an IEP from a different perspective. This book reminds readers that IEP meetings need not be a time of conflict and controversy, and that writing the components of an IEP can become part of a plan for the student’s future (Jeremiah 29:11), rather than a dreaded task to complete. The Bible is the most often referenced book. It is this perspective that makes this book unique.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
IEP: Documents & Details Essential for a Quality Individual Education Program
CHAPTER 1. The Law and Students with Special Needs
CHAPTER 2. Parents and the IEP Process
CHAPTER 3. Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
CHAPTER 4. Measurable Annual Goals
CHAPTER 5. Accommodations, Modi cations, Assessments and Services on the IEP
CHAPTER 6. Least Restrictive Environment
CHAPTER 7. The Transition Plan
CHAPTER 8. Implementing an IEP
IEP: Documents & Details Essential for a Quality Individual Education Program
Special Education Acronyms
Bible Verses Used in Each Chapter
Glossary
Index
Bunnie Loree
Claxton
Dr. Bunnie L. Claxton, Ed.D., is the Director of Applied Research at Liberty University. She is an associate professor at Liberty University and Colorado Christian University. She has 25 years of experience in the field of education, including public, private, homeschool, and higher education. She has developed multiple graduate-level courses, chaired dissertations, served as a research methodologist, subject matter expert, and instructional mentor to professors. Her scholarly publications include A Step-by-Step Guide to Applied Research in Education, A Step-by-Step Guide to Qualitative Research in Education, A Step-by-Step Guide to Quantitative Research in Education, A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Literature Review in Doctoral Research, and Planning, Writing, and Implementing IEPs: A Christian Approach; she has also served as a contributing author for two additional books. Dr. Claxton served as the Superintendent for Liberty University Online Academy, an online K-12 school with over 6,000 students.
I was extremely impressed with Planning, Writing, and Implementing IEPs: A Christian Approach! I have been in education for 39 years with 32 years in Christian education as a high school teacher and principal and seven in public school, where I am presently working as a vice principal. I have been a part of child-study team meetings and have worked with many IEP students. Dr. Claxton’s book is the best book that I have ever read in the area of IEPs since the book gives examples that make the IEP process very understandable. Also, I absolutely love that the Scriptures are integrated throughout the book.
Dawn Cobb-Fossnes