My IEP: A Student-Directed Individualized Education Program Model

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventions Used to Increase Adolescent IEP Meeting Participation

“…Published between 1989 and 2017, the eligible studies consisted of four published journal articles and two doctoral dissertations. Three of the four published studies used an RCT research design (with the exception of Royer, 2017); the remaining studies employed a QED. There was a total of 300 participants across the studies.…”

“…Three studies used an established intervention (Chambers, 1999; Martin et al, 2006; Powers et al, 2001), while the remaining three evaluated researcher-designed curricula. Similarly, half were implemented by teachers (Martin et al, 2006; Meglemre, 2010; Royer, 2017) and half by trained implementers or researchers. Most curricula were implemented over the span of multiple weeks in a group format.…”

“…Along with consistent definitions for student participation, measurement of this outcome variable was generally consistent, with two main procedures used commonly across studies. Momentary time sampling was used to quantify student participation in three studies (Martin et al, 2006; Powers et al, 2001; Royer, 2017), while the other three studies (Chambers, 1999; Meglemre, 2010; Van Reusen et al, 1989) tallied the total number of verbal contributions. Individual study characteristics, including those related to quality, are detailed below and shown in Table 3.…”

“…When evaluating publication bias, a visual inspection of the funnel plot revealed asymmetry. In addition, two studies (Royer, 2017; Van Reusen et al, 1989) were altered in the trim and fill analysis, providing evidence of some publication bias. However, Egger’s test for small-study publication bias was nonsignificant ( p > .05), indicating that there was no significant relationship between effect size and standard error.…”

“…Royer 2017. Royer's (2017) QED study, published from a thesis (Royer, 2011), used the My IEP program to increase the quantity of verbal contributions made by high school students during IEP meetings. Students in the treatment group were provided with a color-coded graphic organizer, highlighting key areas of IEP meetings and were taught to participate in IEP meetings by using the graphic organizer during mock IEP meetings.…”