The Endrew Supreme Court (2017) decision clarified the district’s responsibility for providing FAPE through the IEP. In this interactive session, experts from the National Center on Intensive Intervention will demonstrate how data-based individualization can help educators address Endrew and develop IEPs that are “reasonably calculated to enable a child to make progress appropriate in light of the child’s circumstances.” Specifically, participants will gain knowledge and skills to set appropriately ambitious goals, design specially designed instruction to meet those goals, and collect and analyze ongoing progress monitoring of IEP goals. Presenters will share resources and strategies designed to help improve the quality and outcomes of IEPs for students with disabilities.

Agenda for the day:

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; 1-hour lunch break; 2 breaks (a.m. and p.m.)

9:00 to 9:15 Welcome/Intros

9:15 to 10:30 Overview of Endrew and Intro to DBI

10:30 BREAK

10:50 to 12:00 Using DBI to Craft Specially Designed Instruction and Improve SPED Quality

12:00 to 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 to 2:30 Setting Ambitious, Individualized IEP Goals Based on PLAFPs

2:30 to 2:50 BREAK

2:50 to 3:50 Putting it All Together: Development and Implementation of Quality IEPs

3:50 to 4:00 Wrap Up/Evaluations