What is an IEP or PPT Meeting?
A team of people through a formal meeting format makes decisions regarding special education. In Connecticut the team has been called a “Planning and, Placement Team” or “PPT”. With recent changes to the Special Education law (IDEA), that name will probably change to “IEP Team Meeting”, so that there is consistency of terms across the country.A Planning and Placement Team (PPT) is a group of people from the school district whose responsibility is to determine whether a student needs an evaluation, or special education and/or related services based on the results of evaluations, and then to plan an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for that student. The Planning and Placement Team (PPT) must include the parent, an administrator, a special education teacher, and a member of the pupil personnel staff. The PPT must also include a regular education teacher. It may also include a speech and language specialist, a school psychologist, the school nurse and any other staff members who know
A team of people through a formal meeting format makes decisions regarding special education. In Connecticut the team has been called a “Planning and, Placement Team” or “PPT”. With recent changes to the Special Education law (IDEA), that name will probably change to “IEP Team Meeting”, so that there is consistency of terms across the country. A Planning and Placement Team (PPT) is a group of people from the school district whose responsibility is to determine whether a student needs an evaluation, or special education and/or related services based on the results of evaluations, and then to plan an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for that student. The Planning and Placement Team (PPT) must include the parent, an administrator, a special education teacher, and a member of the pupil personnel staff. The PPT must also include a regular education teacher. It may also include a speech and language specialist, a school psychologist, the school nurse and any other staff members who kno
