California IEP Requirements Checklist
Review goals, services, accommodations, placement, progress reporting, and other important parts of an IEP before your next meeting.
Practical checklists, planning tools, and parent-friendly guides to help you prepare for IEP and 504 meetings, document concerns, and ask clearer questions.
Save the checklist, prepare your written concerns, organize safety information, or build a plan for your next meeting.
Review goals, services, accommodations, placement, progress reporting, and other important parts of an IEP before your next meeting.
Organize records, parent concerns, questions, goals, proposed supports, and follow-up items so important issues are not lost in the meeting.
Turn your observations into specific, documented concerns connected to your child's needs, school data, services, safety, and progress.
Track incidents, identify patterns, preserve communications, and prepare focused safety questions and requests for the school team.
Type a topic such as autism, 504, bullying, assessments, behavior, or parent concerns.
A step-by-step parent guide for organizing documents, writing concerns, reviewing goals, and preparing for meaningful participation in an IEP meeting.
Read guide →A parent-friendly overview of special education referral, assessment, eligibility, IEP development, review meetings, and consent.
Read guide →Browse examples of IEP goals across academic, communication, behavior, social-emotional, motor, and functional skill areas. Use examples as a starting point and individualize each goal to the student’s present levels and needs.
Visit A Day in Our Shoes →A detailed comparison of IEPs and 504 plans, including eligibility, services, accommodations, and when parents may need to ask for more support.
Read guide →How parents can request assessments, identify areas of suspected disability, and prepare for assessment-plan discussions.
Read guide →A guide to common school supports for autistic students, including communication, sensory, behavior, social, executive functioning, and safety needs.
Read guide →A practical guide to school accommodations and supports for attention, organization, impulsivity, work completion, and executive functioning.
Read guide →How parents can document anxiety-related school concerns and ask for supports that improve access, safety, and participation.
Read guide →A guide for documenting bullying, disability harassment, safety concerns, and school responses in a clear, organized way.
Read guide →How to write parent concerns for IEP meetings, assessments, safety issues, and follow-up communication.
Read guide →A guide to reviewing school assessment reports, understanding recommendations, and preparing questions for the IEP team.
Read guide →A parent guide to behavior data, Functional Behavior Assessments, Behavior Intervention Plans, and positive school supports.
Read guide →A guide to middle school, high school, postsecondary goals, employment, independent living, and transition services.
Read guide →A parent overview of manifestation meetings, discipline concerns, disability connection, and preparation steps.
Read guide →A guide to IEEs, when parents may request one, and how to organize concerns about district assessments.
Read guide →A plain-language guide to common parent rights topics, including participation, records, prior written notice, consent, and procedural safeguards.
Read guide →Learn how to identify reading curricula, review relevant education records, evaluate intervention details, and ask informed IEP questions.
Read guide →Request a free consultation and share what is happening at school.
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