Individualized Education Program

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An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is a legal document under United States law that is developed for each public school child in the US who needs special education. IEPs must be reviewed every year to keep track of the child's educational progress. Similar legal documents exist in other countries. An IEP outlines the special education experience for all eligible students with a disability. It also includes a record of specific strategies and supports in use to help students with disabilities succeed in both academic and social aspects of school life. Students ages 3–21 attending a public school are eligible, if they have been evaluated with a need such as a specific learning disability, autism, emotional disturbance, intellectual disability, orthopedic impairment, multiple disabilities, hearing impairments, deafness, visual impairment, deaf-blindness, developmental delay, speech/language impairment, or traumatic brain injury, among others. The IEP describes the current level of...

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