Serving Students with Disabilities via Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Meetings: Employing a Self-Organizing Systems Perspective as a Philosophical Agent of Change.

McCombs-Tolis, Jules

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ERIC Number: EJ654998

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Publication Date: 2002

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Serving Students with Disabilities via Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Meetings: Employing a Self-Organizing Systems Perspective as a Philosophical Agent of Change.

McCombs-Tolis, Jules

Educational Horizons, v81 n1 p33-37 Fall 2002

Presents a way to frame individualized education plan (IEP) meetings using the concept of self-organizing systems, which can produce novel outputs from dynamic interaction among system components. Identifies components of an IEP system, their complex nature, and responsiveness to impacts and suggests ways to improve meeting outputs. (SK)

Descriptors: Change Agents, Disabilities, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Systems Approach

Publication Type: Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme--Special Education: A Systems Perspective.