Angelman Today September / October edition 2013 | Page 18

Assisting with Education and Angelman Syndrome Foundation Individual Education Plan Bank With the 2013-2014 school year already starting in some parts of the country, it is never too early or too late to be thinking about your student’s IEP and the short- and long-term goals for your student. The Angelman Syndrome Foundation Individual Education Plan (IEP) Bank was designed to assist families in planning educational and developmental goals for their loved ones with Angelman syndrome. The IEP Bank is a resource for families, educators, therapists and anyone involved with your student and her/his IEP. This is the ultimate tool for you and your student’s team to help your individual with Angelman syndrome achieve his/her educational and developmental goals. The Angelman Syndrome Foundation IEP Bank includes several unique features that are unavailable in other IEP resources: • • • Customization. The ASF IEP Bank was designed specifically for individuals with Angelman syndrome. The ASF IEP Bank features goals and objectives that have been used by individuals with Angelman syndrome and supported by their educational teams. Individualization. The ASF IEP Bank allows you and your team to create a plan specific for your individual with Angelman syndrome. Goals and objectives were created based on skills and skill acquisition, not age or grade level. Interactivity. While a majority of IEP resources are static, the ASF IEP Bank has many interactive features. The ASF IEP Bank is searchable by keyword, category and implementer. Additionally, you are able to share—and we encourage you to—your goals and objectives with other families through the ASF IEP Bank. Operating similar to a traditional bank where you make deposits and withdrawals, the Angelman Syndrome Foundation IEP Bank enables you to enter (deposit) your individual’s goals so they can be shared with others. This allows all families to learn from one another by making all goals and objectives available to other families (withdrawal). Through the collaboration provided by the IEP Bank, ideas and suggestions address nearly every aspect of educational and developmental progress. While not every goal or objective may be appropriate for all individuals since everyone has his/her own goals and milestones, goals and objectives can be adapted or customized to address the needs of your individual student with AS. To explore the Angelman Syndrome Foundation IEP Bank, please click here. Available via that link are also IEP goal instructions and access to an IEP Checklist iPhone application. www.Angelman.org [phone] Int’l [phone] [email protected]