IEPs & CCSS: Specially Designed Instructional Strategies

Author Toby Karten presents a variety of specially designed instructional strategies and interventions that teachers and IEP team members can use to connect the individual education programs (IEPs) of students with disabilities to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This six-page (tri-fold) laminated guide offers a side-by-side outline of the required components of an IEP and the criteria for instruction according to the CCSS. Karten explains that when developing a student's IEP, the IEP team should include both individualized goals (the behaviors/skills/tasks the student is expected to learn) and the grade level standards of the CCSS. The guide offers examples of accommodations and instructional supports to include in a student's IEP to help him/her meet IEP goals as well as math and literacy standards.