AI for IEP Support

AI for IEP Support

AI can help draft IEP goals and suggest accommodations — but the IEP is still a team document.

IEPs are time-intensive to write well. AI accelerates the drafting.

Where AI helps with IEPs

• Drafting SMART goal templates from observations
• Suggesting accommodations from research
• Summarizing prior IEPs for new team members

The big idea: AI accelerates IEP paperwork so the team can spend more time on the actual student plan.

AI Helps You Implement IEP Accommodations Faster

The big idea

IEPs list accommodations like 'extended time' or 'preferential seating' — but the real work is implementing them across 40 lessons a week. AI can suggest specific, practical moves for each one.

Some examples

• Ask AI: 'Concrete ways to provide chunked instructions.'
• Get 5 examples of 'reduced visual clutter' in a worksheet.
• Have AI redesign a quiz with extended time built in.
• Generate a fidelity checklist for daily use.

Try it!

Pick one accommodation from a real IEP. Ask AI for 3 concrete implementations you could try this week.

AI and IEPs: how AI helps students with learning differences

The big idea

AI is a quiet game-changer for students with IEPs or 504s. Read-aloud, summarization, and rephrasing tools accommodate without the social weirdness of asking for help every time.

Some examples

• Use AI to summarize a chapter for processing
• Use AI text-to-speech for dyslexia
• Ask AI to break instructions into steps for ADHD
• Use AI to rephrase confusing teacher feedback

Try it!

Pick a long article. Ask AI to summarize, then read aloud, then rephrase as a numbered list. Notice which version helps you most.

AI and IEP meeting prep: 10 minutes that change the year

The big idea

IEP meetings are 45 minutes with 8 people and a stack of paperwork. AI can prep your 10-minute teacher portion so you advocate for what the kid actually needs.

How to use it

• Ask AI for the 5 data points to bring to the meeting
• Ask AI to draft the present-levels paragraph in plain English
• Ask AI for accommodations that match the disability
• Ask AI for the question that gets parents on your side

Try it

Pick your next IEP. Ask AI to prep your 10-minute portion and rehearse it the morning of.

What to Bring to an IEP Meeting and How AI Helps You Prepare It

An IEP meeting with 8 people in the room is not the time to figure out what you want to say. Your 10 minutes as the classroom teacher can shape the whole document if you're prepared — or get lost in paperwork and jargon if you're not. The five data points to bring: the student's current performance on grade-level tasks, one or two work samples that illustrate strengths and challenges, your specific observations about what accommodations are and aren't working, a note about how the student connects socially in the classroom, and one concrete ask you want the team to consider. AI can help you draft the 'present levels' paragraph — the section of the IEP that describes the student's current performance in plain language. Paste your notes into AI and ask: 'Draft a present-levels paragraph for a 5th grader with dyslexia in plain English that describes both strengths and areas of support needed. Avoid jargon.' Then review it for accuracy against what you actually know about this child. The question that gets parents on your side: ask the parent early in the meeting 'What does success look like for Marcus at home this year?' That answer changes everything.

• Bring current performance data on grade-level tasks, not just standardized test scores
• Select 1-2 work samples that show both strengths and the specific challenges documented in the IEP
• Ask AI to draft the present-levels paragraph in plain English from your notes for your own review
• Prepare one concrete ask for the meeting — a new accommodation, a service hour, a goal revision
• Ask the parent 'What does success look like at home?' early in the meeting

AI Helps You Advocate in Your Own IEP Meetings

The big idea

AI can help you prepare what to say at your IEP meeting so you stop being talked about and start being heard.

Some examples

• Ask AI: 'Help me write 3 sentences about how my accommodations are working this year.'
• Have AI explain what each acronym in your IEP actually means.
• Ask AI: 'What's a polite way to ask for extra accommodations?'

Try it!

Before your next meeting, ask AI to help you write a 1-paragraph statement about how the year is going.