Services and minutes

How to build a special education master schedule for a building: total IEP minutes, place intervention and co-taught blocks first, then fit related services.

What counts as consult time on an IEP, how to write a consult service row, and how to log each contact so the minutes hold up at the annual review.

How to ask for a 1:1 aide for your child: write down the need, gather data, request a meeting in writing, and ask for a plan with tasks, times and fading.

How a case manager schedules a student's pull-out services around core instruction: map the day, rank what can be missed, place sessions and check the week.

20 related services IEP goals for speech, OT, PT, counseling and other providers, with baselines and criteria, plus who writes each goal and how it is measured.

16 specially designed instruction examples for reading, writing, math, behavior and more, each shown weak and strong and tied to the data behind it.

12 supplementary aids and services examples written for the IEP, each with the data behind it, what makes it strong, and a weak version to avoid.

20 supports for school personnel IEP examples: staff training, consultation and coaching written with who, what, how often and the student data behind each.

A 1:1 aide works with one student; shared para support covers several. How teams decide, what the IEP should say, three cases, and why a fading plan matters.

Push-in vs pull-out services compared: a side-by-side table, one deciding question, three classroom scenarios, and how to write each on the IEP.

Specially designed instruction teaches a skill; an accommodation changes access; a supplementary aid supports the student in general education. Table and cases.

A fill-in IEP service log template with status codes, a completed month for a fictional speech student, and notes on what reviewers and parents look for.

A fill-in special education service matrix for a resource program, with a completed example for one teacher's caseload and notes on what reviewers check.

How the IEP team decides your child's service minutes: goals first, then data, then how often and how long. An annotated example and questions to ask.

Why the school asks you to sign a Medicaid consent form, what it allows, what it cannot change about your child's IEP services, and questions to ask first.

The related services listed in IDEA, from speech therapy to transportation, in plain words, with an annotated IEP example and questions to ask the team.

When transportation is a related service in the IEP, what special transportation can include, an annotated example, and questions to ask your child's team.

How IEP service minutes should line up with goals: size minutes from the gap and growth rate, check alignment at each progress report, and adjust with data.

What counts as an assistive technology device and service under IDEA, where AT goes in the IEP, home use rules, and one student's AT decision traced by date.

IDEA sets no special education caseload caps. How states handle caseloads and class sizes by model, caseload versus workload, and one teacher's numbers.

The six co-teaching models, when each one fits, how co-taught minutes go on the IEP, and one student's co-taught math class traced across a semester.

Special education service delivery models from consult to separate school, what each one looks like, how placement is reported, and one student moving on it.