Nonprofit, Tech Business Create iPhone App for Special Needs Educators
Educators of students with disabilities have a fresh way to implement the newest requirements for documenting all of what goes into a unique learning program. Busy teachers can now use their iPhones to record parts of an Individual Education Program or IEP for a student. An IEP is a general requirement for teaching special needs students as part of applicable IDEA or Individuals with Disabilities Education Act legislation. The IEP helps provide customized learning that aids developmentally disabled students in achieving progress.
A January press release shows that the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC), an educational non-profit group, asked the Nurvee Company to design an iPhone application called IEP Checklist. The Checklist app will help educators make sure that all of the required aspects of the IEP are in place for students, providing easy recall access and more helpful information for teachers who need to multitask on a daily basis.
PEATC resources demonstrate that the IEP Checklist has won acclaim form educators and others involved in special education across the country. Some fans of the technology say it is useful in helping to deal with the challenge of quick thinking during meetings over IEPs. The app is also handy for documenting updates in a program.
The use of a checklist aid to deal with legal requirements is not entirely new. Researchers have been conducting trials with doctors to see if checklists can help limit medical malpractice liability in the field. Some suggest that the new IEP Checklist may have a similar effect, helping professionals to make sure that they have complied with all of the many regulations in their respective fields. It’s likely that the iPhone IEP app will be useful in many cases where issues about an IEP trigger investigations according to IDEA or disability education law in school districts around the country.
Michael Monheit is the managing lawyer at Monheit Law, outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has practiced law since 1989. Michael Monheit was the managing attorney of the law offices of Herbert Monheit — now Silverman and Fodera — a firm... Michael Monheit→