Writing a Legal, Robust and Useful IEP: The Foundation of an Effective Special Education Program

This text provides teachers and administrators with an understanding of the legal requirements of the IEP under law, including clarifications of how much benefit an IEP must provide based on the recent United States Supreme Court’s 2017 Endrew F. decision on the meaning of a free appropriate public education (FAPE).

Annmarie Urso, Ph.D., has been an educator for over 40 years. She taught special education in K-12th grade rural and suburban New York state schools. Dr. Urso is a professor of teacher education at the State University of New York at Geneseo preparing the next generation of special education teachers to educate students with disabilities.

Dee Berlinghoff, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita in the Division of Education at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. She worked in public education and higher education over 40 years, serving as a classroom teacher, professor, and embedded coach for teachers.