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TITLE:
Designing Intervention Plans: Bridging the Gap Between IEP and Implementation

VOLUME 41 ISSUE 1

AUTHOR(S):
Lee Ann Jung
Caroline Gomez
Samera M. Baird
Cathy L. Galyon Keramidas

DOCUMENT TYPE: Article

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ABSTRACT:
The Individual Education Plan (IEP) is not intended to delineate the minuscule details of instructional design and strategies. Written intervention plans that all teachers and family members can implement should be designed for achieving each IEP goal. These intervention plans should be based on the long-term goals in the IEP and include (a) a short-term objective; (b) empirically- based methods for achieving the short-term objective; and (c) a data collection and analysis system. A well-written intervention plan can provide much-needed support to regular educators and families within the context of their daily routines and activities. The purpose of this article is to describe a seven-step process for developing written intervention plans that can be used with teachers and families to assist in bridging the gap between the goals and objectives targeted on the IEP and instructional strategies needed to achieve these goals and objectives.