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JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW #1 LEARNING TO WRITE IEPs
William J Buchleitner IV
Liberty University
EDUC 521
JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW #1 SUMMARY Individual experience programs can be daunting and intimidating to write if you do not have the proper experience in developing and appropriate curriculum for children with special needs. However, personal experiences form individuals that have created them in the past are very helpful in helping individuals create their own IEP. Michele Kamen’s article was written as a useful means to give perspective to prospective and current teacher’s information with regards to developing their own IEPs. The article is compromised primarily of past experiences from preservice teachers who wrote IEPs in their own undergraduate course and the challenges that they faced from their own inexperience’s. The student’s personal experiences enhance the readers understanding of the challenges in writing IEPs and techniques to simplify the process.
Article Summary College student’s experiences of writing individual experience programs are examined in this article by highlighting personal experiences of the students in an individual and group setting. Nineteen college level students that are in their junior year have been indoctrinated in a two year college teacher education program that was designed to not only show them previously designed IEPs but also instruct the in the art of designing their own program. The educational program lasted over a period of two years and consisted of non graded activities, in class participation, personal reflections, and students writing their own personal IEPs. The two year course consisted of multiple IEP in class discussions and assignments that were intentionally ungraded. In the discussions, the students discussed how to write various goals and objectives in developing personal IEPs. Multiple examples and case studies were utilized in developing their personal IEPs. The course also consisted of
William J Buchleitner IV
Liberty University
EDUC 521
JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW #1 SUMMARY Individual experience programs can be daunting and intimidating to write if you do not have the proper experience in developing and appropriate curriculum for children with special needs. However, personal experiences form individuals that have created them in the past are very helpful in helping individuals create their own IEP. Michele Kamen’s article was written as a useful means to give perspective to prospective and current teacher’s information with regards to developing their own IEPs. The article is compromised primarily of past experiences from preservice teachers who wrote IEPs in their own undergraduate course and the challenges that they faced from their own inexperience’s. The student’s personal experiences enhance the readers understanding of the challenges in writing IEPs and techniques to simplify the process.
Article Summary College student’s experiences of writing individual experience programs are examined in this article by highlighting personal experiences of the students in an individual and group setting. Nineteen college level students that are in their junior year have been indoctrinated in a two year college teacher education program that was designed to not only show them previously designed IEPs but also instruct the in the art of designing their own program. The educational program lasted over a period of two years and consisted of non graded activities, in class participation, personal reflections, and students writing their own personal IEPs. The two year course consisted of multiple IEP in class discussions and assignments that were intentionally ungraded. In the discussions, the students discussed how to write various goals and objectives in developing personal IEPs. Multiple examples and case studies were utilized in developing their personal IEPs. The course also consisted of
References: Michele, W. K. (2004). Learning to write IEPs: A personalized, reflective approach for preservice teachers. Intervention in School and Clinic, 40(2), 76-80. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/211724533?accountid=12085