Individualized Education Program (IEP)

An IEP is an individualized document created in collaboration with parents, teachers, school psychologists, and others to determine how to best support a student’s learning needs. Public schools are required to develop an IEP for every student with a disability who is found to meet the federal and state requirements for special education. The IEP must be designed to provide the child with a “Free Appropriate Public Education” (FAPE). The IEP refers to both the educational program to be provided to the child and to the written document that describes that program.

For further reading:
www.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html

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