IEP in practice at lower secondary school

Operational materials and activity proposals

Flavio Fogarolo, Dario Ianes, Sofia Cramerotti

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Product: Book

Trim size in cm: 21x29,7cm

Pages: 272

ISBN: 9788859030607

Publication date: 01/09/2024

Suitable for: Lower secondary 1st level (ages 10-11), Lower secondary 2nd level (ages 12-13)

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Practical and operational manual, in line with decrees 153/2023 and 182/2020 and the related Guidelines, offers concrete examples of activities, materials and practices of inclusion to carry out inclusive educational-didactic interventions in lower secondary school.

The volume offers:

a reference structure for setting up effective interventions in the perspective of educational co-responsibility, co-planning between curricular and support teachers, and the close interconnection between work in the four dimensions and that in the different fields of experience;
concrete examples of activities, carried out by those who work “in the field” every day with students with Special Educational Needs, but at the same time strongly anchored to specific methodological approaches, techniques, strategies and use of tools aimed at promoting the full inclusion of all students.

Introduction
Chapter 1
● IEP in practice: it can be done!
Chapter 2
● Co-design, collaboration and co-teaching: creating an inclusive IEP together
● Co-design experiences
SECTION 1 – OPERATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF THE IEP
Introduction to the section
● Relationship, interaction and socialization dimension
● Communication and language dimension
● Autonomy and orientation dimension
● Cognitive, neuropsychological and learning dimension
SECTION 2 – ACTIVITY PROPOSALS BY DISCIPLINE
Introduction to the section
● Italian
● Mathematics
● Science
● History and Geography
● English
● Music
Bibliography

IEP – Individualized Educational Plan

What is the IEP

An Individualized Education Plan (or programme) is also known as an IEP. This is a plan or programme developed to ensure that a child with an identified disability or learning disorder receives specialized instruction and related services.

The IEP, therefore, is the tool for inclusive teaching: a personalized plan that promotes the scholastic inclusion of students with difficulties in all phases of the educational programme - from nursery school to secondary school. The main objective of the IEP is to provide these pupils with learning and development support that takes into account their specific needs and abilities.

Furthermore, the IEP is a fundamental tool that connects schools and families, and any health professionals involved.

What is indicated in the IEP:

The educational objectives that you intend to achieve;
The tools and activities that will be used to achieve the objectives;
The evaluation criteria;
The methods of collaboration between school, family and other extracurricular institutions.

IEP and Erickson… in Italy

With law 104 of 1992, the IEP began to play a key role within the school world. But it is with the Ministerial Decree of 2020 and the related Guidelines that the single national IEP model was introduced, and then updated with an Inter Ministerial Decree in 2023.

For years Erickson has been responsible for drafting the most complete and up-to-date materials to compile the national IEP model, and is therefore a point of reference for all teachers working in Italian schools. The Erickson volumes dedicated to the IEP constitute a complete work programme for all school levels. In Italy they have sold over 80,000 copies.

The key concepts of the IEP

BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL MODEL The IEP deals with the well-being of the student in all areas: physical, psychological and social.

OWG The Operational Working Group on inclusion, made up of the class council, manager, external experts from the healthcare world, parents and students.

FAMILY INVOLVEMENT With a view to school-family educational alliance and sharing of the educational programme.

LIFE-ADULTITY PROJECT Looking at the student from a broader perspective, towards a horizon that outlines their adult life.

ERICKSON EDITORIAL PROPOSALS FOR TEACHERS

Building the IEP The instructions for completing the sections required by the new IEP model