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How complete are individualized education programmes developed for students with disabilities served in inclusive classroom settings?
Abstract
Development of high-quality individualized education programmes (IEP) is vital for students with disabilities. Although legislations and literature provide guidelines for which components to be included in IEPs, there is limited research about whether these components are actually included in IEPs developed for students with disabilities served in inclusive classrooms in Turkey. In this study, we explored the extent to which IEPs include components required by laws and regulations in Turkey and those recommended by inclusive education literature and whether there was a relationship between student characteristics and percentages of legal or recommended components included in IEPs. We evaluated 206 IEPs obtained from 60 inclusive elementary schools located in 26 different cities. We developed an IEP Component Checklist to evaluate whether IEPs included legal requirements and recommended components. Descriptive findings of the study demonstrated that IEPs failed to include majority of legal requirements and recommended components. Correlational findings indicated that percentages of legal requirements or recommended components included in IEPs were not associated with student characteristics. Findings were discussed in relation to the extant literate and recommendations for future research and practice were provided.
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“For example, less than half included students' current level of performance and personal information, and when they included that information, it was vague.”
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“A Turkish study examining the IEPs of students with SEN in inclusive settings found that only one third of the legal requirements were met on average in these IEPs [30].”
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“A majority of the IEPs did not contain information about special education services or related services.”
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“but research on teaching practices [16], attrition [22], and use of IEPs [30], which document DBDM, suggest that it is not used effectively in inclusive education settings.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Rakap, S., Yucesoy-Ozkan, S., & Kalkan, S.
- Affiliations
- Ondokuz Mayıs University (TR)
- Department of Special Education, College of Education, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey
- Department of Special Education, College of Education, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
- Corresponding author
- Rakap, Salih
- Venue
- European Journal of Special Needs Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2019-02-20
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 663-677
- ISSN
- 0885-6257 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-591X
- OpenAlex
- W2915752313
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 4.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- European Journal of Special Needs Education (publishedVersion)
- Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University AVESIS (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Social Sciences › Law › Legal Issues in Education
- Keywords
- inclusive education, students with disabilities, special education law compliance, elementary school, Turkey, student characteristics
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