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## Equitable and Inclusive IEPs for Students with Complex Support Needs

Read this excerpt from Equitable and Inclusive IEPs for Students with Complex Support Needs.

## 4 Barriers and Solutions for Family Participation in IEPs

How can you help families avoid feeling overwhelmed and outnumbered during the IEP process? See the answer to that question—along with three more potential barriers and solutions to family participation in IEPs—in this free download adapted from Equitable and Inclusive IEPs for Students with Complex Support Needs.

## 10 Ways to Support Student Involvement in IEPs

When students play an active role in their IEP development, they strengthen important self-determination skills, including choice-making, goal-setting, and self-advocacy. Discover 10 practical tips for supporting student IEP involvement, in this free download adapted from the book Equitable and Inclusive IEPs for Students with Complex Support Needs.

## What’s New in the IEP Checklist?

Want practical guidance on developing meaningful IEPs? Explore the second edition of The IEP Checklist, your one-stop resource for creating IEPs that improve student outcomes and meet legal requirements.

## Best Practices for Monitoring Progress of Students with IEPs

See nine best practices for monitoring student IEP progress, in this free download adapted from the new second edition of The IEP Checklist. Your one-stop guide to IEP development, the latest edition features new chapters on culturally responsive practices, designing behavior intervention plans, and more.

## 10 Tips for Culturally Responsive Planning Meetings with Families

10 Tips for Culturally Responsive Planning Meetings with Families. Use these strategies to partner effectively with diverse families before and during IEP and IFSP planning meetings.

## IEP Tip Sheets

Download a roundup of 10 of our best IEP tip sheets, adapted from Brookes books and Inclusion Lab posts. Great for sharing with parents and colleagues, these sheets are helpful reminders of best practices for IEP meetings.

## Picture Inclusion! Excerpt

Read this excerpt from Picture Inclusion! Snapshots of Successful Diverse Classrooms for an introduction and Chapter 1: Inclusion From Theory to Practice.

## Your Inclusion Transition Checklist: How to Support Students New to Inclusive Classrooms

This blog post, excerpted and adapted from inclusion expert Cheryl Jorgensen’s upcoming book, It’s More Than “Just Being In”, outlines the key steps you and the rest of your student’s team should take before, during, and after their transition to your classroom.

## 12 Ways to Support Families of Students with Disabilities

It’s important to form powerful partnerships with all families, but this blog post focuses on building a supportive relationship with families of children with disabilities.
