"The Intentional IEP: A Team Approach to Better Outcomes for Students and Their Families" (Summer, 2026)

Content
6 modules

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Course length
15 hours

Instructor
Lisa Weier

Released
29 Apr 2026

Price
$0 - 50

Description

**This book study is worth one graduate credit of 15 continuing education contact hours. 

This book study is designed for teachers who want to better understand the IEP process or for SPED teachers seeking a refresher. Explore strategies for data collection, goal writing, and family engagement.

Learn how to put together IEPs with the power to make a real difference for students

The Intentional IEP shows special education teachers how to successfully collaborate with all stakeholders―parents or guardians, general ed teachers, therapists, and beyond―to work toward students’ success. Too many of us aren’t trained to write the Individualized Education Programs that help millions of students thrive in school. This book fills that training gap, explaining the importance of assembling an IEP team and inviting this team to confront and improve its current processes and habits to make IEP writing simpler and more effective.

With all the pressures that educators are under, it’s easy to cut corners when it comes time to write IEPs. Writing them in isolation, leaving them to the night before, making decisions without consulting data and research, letting family collaboration fall to the wayside―most special educators have made these mistakes at some point. The Intentional IEP equips you with the resources you need to feel confident in approaching IEPs the right way, including prioritizing the many competing demands you face so you can find the capacity to show up for your students. 

The Intentional IEP is a timely resource for special education teachers, general education teachers, and support staff, as well as teacher training programs. Parents and guardians with students will also benefit from this clearly written guide to the IEP.

 

Book: The Intentional IEP: A Team Approach to Better Outcomes for Students and Their Families by Stephanie DeLussey

Website: The Intentional IEP More brainpower. Less paperwork.

Objectives

Participants will: 

  • Learn clear, step-by-step solutions for all IEP members that can easily be implemented at any time during the school year

  • Prepare to use collaboration strategies for IEP teammates to rely on one another for expert and professional knowledge

  • Identify three strategies to enact next school year to support students, families, and the IEP team throughout the IEP planning process and implementation.

 

The Intentional IEP: A Team Approach to Better Outcomes for Students and Their Families – Alignment to Professional Teaching Domains

Danielson Domain

Connection to the Book

Domain 1: Planning and Preparation

Guides educators in developing intentional, student-centered IEPs that align goals, services, and supports to individual student needs and long-term outcomes.

Domain 2: Classroom Environment

Promotes inclusive, collaborative environments where students with disabilities feel supported, valued, and fully integrated into the learning community.

Domain 3: Instruction

Provides strategies for implementing IEP goals through differentiated instruction, progress monitoring, and meaningful accommodations and modifications.

Domain 4: Professional Responsibilities

Emphasizes collaboration with families and multidisciplinary teams, ongoing reflection, and compliance with legal and ethical responsibilities in special education.

 

Learning credits

CECH
15.0
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