Sample Documents

All names and data are fictitious. Included below are some of the most common school speech therapy documents: the IEP, the REED, and the speech and language eval report. While the format and content will vary from district to district and state to state, the following documents are given as examples and will give a general idea of the nature of each document.

IEP

IEP stands for "Individualized Education Plan". It is a special education blueprint that documents the student's strengths and needs as well as what services, programs, and/or accommodations the student will receive. Goals are included to address the student's deficit areas.

Below is an example of a simple IEP. It is for a student who is eligible for speech services only.

<-Demographics

<-FAPE date is date of publication

<-This is an initial IEP

<- Persons who attended IEP

<- Special education eligibility

<- Parent concerns

<- Language strengths

<- Artic strengths

<- Area of need

<- Extended school year

statement

<- Other areas of need

considered but rejected

as unnecessary

<- Repeat of strengths and needs

<- First IEP goal

<- Educational standard that corresponds to goal

<- Short-term benchmarks

<- Second IEP goal

<- Progress report statement

<- Student will be in least restrictive environment

<- Programs and services

<- Transportation statement

<- Other factors considered

<- District where services will be provided

<- Parent consent

REED

A review of existing evaluation data (REED) looks at a student’s existing data to determine if additional data are needed as part of an initial evaluation or as part of a reevaluation. The group conducting the REED decides whether assessments are necessary to determine whether the student continues to have a disability, whether the student's present levels of performance have changed, whether the student continues to require special education services, and/or whether the student needs additions or modifications to special education services.

REED