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Creating Collaborative Standards-Based IEPs:

This training session focuses on understanding and enhancing collaborative skills needed for developing standards-based IEPs. Participants will explore the importance of collaboration in the IEP process and learn effective practices for fostering teamwork. The session delves into the principles of collaboration and team dynamics, emphasizing mutual respect, trust, and shared goals. Key topics include communication strategies, decision-making processes, conflict resolution, and active listening techniques. The training aims to empower IEP team members with the knowledge and tools necessary to create successful and inclusive educational plans for students with disabilities.

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Creating Collaborative Standards-Based IEPs:

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  1. Creating Collaborative Standards-Based IEPs: A Training for IEP Team Members Session One

  2. Session 1COLLABORATIONSection 1UNDERSTANDINGTHE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS

  3. Session One Training Objectives Participants will: • have information about what collaboration is and why it is important to the IEP process. • have a better understanding of skills and practices that facilitate collaboration.

  4. “Cactus Flower” by Tim Moore “Goals are dreams with a deadline” Walt Disney

  5. The Way Things Are Points to Ponder The Main Idea Lessons from Nature Vignette: The Special Education Teacher

  6. The Way Things Are Points to Ponder The Main Idea Lessons from Nature How collaborative is your current IEP process?

  7. The Way Things Are Points to Ponder The Main Idea Lessons from Nature Why is Collaboration Important?

  8. What does the literature say? “ The expectations in the Individuals with Disabilities Act . . . concerning the least restrictive environment and the assumption that the general education classroom is that environment for many students with disabilities leads almost inevitably to increased attention on collaboration. Likewise, the laws provision for participation by parents in their children’s education and by general education teachers sets the stage for the growing centrality of collaboration in schools.” Vol. 37, No.4, March 2002 (pp.223-228

  9. Activity Characteristics of Collaboration Connected and successful? or Isolated and removed?

  10. What is Collaboration? “Collaboration is a . . . process where two or more people or organizations work together in an intersection of common goals.” wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration

  11. A Collaborative Approach is Based on: • Mutual Respect • Trust • Hearing and Valuing Contributions • Interdependence • Accountability • Shared Knowledge

  12. A Collaborative Team has: • Shared Beliefs and Goals • Diverse Membership • Shared Leadership • Skills in Collaborative Teaming

  13. Members of a Collaborative IEP Team Must Include: • Student (yr turning 16 (Federal Regs, 14 VA Regs) • Family/parent(s) • Special education teacher or provider • General education teacher • Administrator (agency representative) • Individual who interprets instructional implications of evaluation Should/May Include: • Student • His/her friends • Related services providers • Instructional Assistants • Others

  14. Session 1COLLABORATIONSection 2COLLABORATIVE TEAMS:SKILLS AND PROCESS

  15. The Way Things Are Points to Ponder The Main Idea Lessons from Nature Vignette: The general education teacher

  16. The Way Things Are Points to Ponder The Main Idea Lessons from Nature Do your team members use collaborative skills and a collaborative team meeting process in developing IEPs?

  17. The Way Things Are Points to Ponder The Main Idea Lessons from Nature What skills support the success of collaborative teams? How does using a structured team meeting process facilitate the success of a collaborative team?

  18. Success Is Supported By: • Releasing roles • Communicating effectively • Teaching one another • Making decisions by consensus • Dealing with conflict

  19. Releasing Roles

  20. Activity Hidden Squares

  21. Effective Communication “Seeing Eye To Eye” (two-way communication) (active listening)

  22. Activity One-Way Communication

  23. Active Listening What are some of the barriers? • Mentally preparing our own comments • Preconceived ideas • Wandering minds • Hearing through our own perspectives

  24. Active Listening What are some skills • Give the speaker time and space • Express appreciationfor the sharingto build trust and encourage dialogue • Check if you have understood (Restate, Summarize, Ask non threatening questions) • If responding, state your idea, illustrate it with a fact or an example; invite a response

  25. Teaching One Another “Getting good ideas” (brainstorming)

  26. No critical judgment is permitted Free-wheeling is welcome (the wilder the idea, the better) Quantity, not quality, is desired Each person shares an idea (round robin) Set a short time limit Record key words or phrases only Brainstorming Ground Rules

  27. Making Decisions By Consensus “Coming Together” (solving problems as a group)

  28. Consensus Ground Rules • Present your position clearly, logically and respectfully; also listen to each team member’s reactions and consider them carefully before you press your point • Support only those solutions with which you are at least somewhat able to agree • Seek out differences of opinion • Involve everyone in the decision process • Look for the next most acceptable alternative for all members when the team reaches a stalemate

  29. Dealing With Conflict “A Higher Level of Understanding”

  30. Confronting Perceived Conflict Skill components: • Eye contact • “I” statements • Calm voice • Invitation to meet • Relaxed body

  31. Steps in Conflict Resolution • Acknowledge the conflict • Determine with whom the conflict exists • Identify key issues without making accusations • State your positionclearly • Listen to others’ positions using active listening skills

  32. Steps in Conflict Resolution • Repeat or describe as best you can the other's position to the listener's satisfaction • Lay out the issue from multiple points of view • Volunteer what you can do to resolve the conflict or solve the problem • Brainstorm solutions; work toward consensus

  33. Effective Collaborative Teams • Release roles • Communicate effectively • Teach one another • Make decisions by consensus • Deal with conflict

  34. Collaborative Team Meeting Process Step One Assign Team Member Roles

  35. Collaborative Team Meeting Process Step Two Review Agenda Items and Assign Time to Each

  36. Collaborative Team Meeting Process Step ThreeConduct Team Meeting • Celebrate • List issues • Brainstorm and reach decisions by consensus

  37. Collaborative IEP Team Process and Skills: in Summary • Collaborative IEP teams include all team members as equal participants in the IEP process and the development of the IEP. • Collaborative IEP teams learn about, practice and use collaborative skills. • Collaborative IEP teams may use a team meeting process to keep meetings focused, productive and successful.

  38. Lessons From Nature The Way Things Are Points to Ponder The Main Idea Lessons from Nature

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