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Special education IEP process template

The Individualized Education Program cycle: referral, parental consent, evaluation, eligibility, IEP meeting, services, progress monitoring and annual review. This flowchart template contains 17 labelled steps, 4 decision points, branches such as “No”, “Yes”.

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Steps in this flowchart

  • Teacher or parent referral
  • Pre-referral interventions reviewed
  • Request parental consent to evaluate
  • Consent given?
  • Continue general education supports
  • Multidisciplinary evaluation within 60 days
  • Eligibility meeting
  • Eligible under a disability category?
  • Consider 504 plan
  • Draft IEP: goals, services, accommodations
  • IEP team meeting with parents
  • Parents agree?
  • Mediation or due process
  • Implement services & placement
  • Progress monitoring & reports
  • Annual IEP review
  • Triennial reevaluation due?

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flowchart TD
  A([Teacher or parent referral]) --> B[Pre-referral interventions reviewed]
  B --> C[Request parental consent to evaluate]
  C --> D{Consent given?}
  D -->|No| E[Continue general education supports]
  D -->|Yes| F[Multidisciplinary evaluation within 60 days]
  F --> G[Eligibility meeting]
  G --> H{Eligible under a disability category?}
  H -->|No| I[Consider 504 plan]
  H -->|Yes| J[Draft IEP: goals, services, accommodations]
  J --> K[IEP team meeting with parents]
  K --> L{Parents agree?}
  L -->|No| M[Mediation or due process]
  M --> K
  L -->|Yes| N[Implement services & placement]
  N --> O[Progress monitoring & reports]
  O --> P[Annual IEP review]
  P --> Q{Triennial reevaluation due?}
  Q -->|Yes| F
  Q -->|No| J

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