According to South Carolina's Office of Exceptional Children Policies and Procedures released April 6, 2009, both general and special educators are required to be members of the IEP Teams who make decisions about services needed by eligible children and where they should be provided. This is a mutual responsibility for general and special education staff. The IEP Team is required to consider the supplementary aids and services needed for a child to be successfully educated in the general education classroom. Some examples are:
- Aide to assist the child
- Classroom environmental accommodations
- Adaptive equipment
- Adpated/modified/enriched curriculum
- Co-teaching staff
- Classroom tests modified or accommodated
- Assistive Technology
- Training or Supports for the Teacher
These strategies can be used in any class, including classes like phyical education, art, music, and vocational education. Teacher-made tests can include any accommodatins the child needs: with regard to state and district-wide assessments, however, IEP teams should be careful to avoid specifying accommodations that would invalidate the tests.
The IEP Team must include at one of the child's general education teachers, if the child is or may be participaing in general education classes. The general education teacher must, as much as is appropriate, help develop the IEP. This includes helping to decide things like appropriate positive behavioral interventions and strategies, supplementary aids and services, program modifications, and support for school staff in providing the supplementary aids and services and program modificatipns. After the initial IEP has been developed, the general education teacher must also help review and revise the IEP. The IEP Team must also have a school person who is knowledgeable about the general curriculum and what resources are available in the district. The school is responsible for providing the services on the IEP. That means both special and general education teachers must assist in determing the services and ensuring that appropriate services are provided.
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