Everything you need to know about Individual Learning Plans and using them in your school.
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What are Individual Learning Plans?
An Individual Learning Plan (ILP), is a working document detailing a course of action the school will take to help a child with special education needs gain the skills and knowledge to fulfil their learning goals. While they are primarily used for children with special needs, all children can benefit from an ILP.
Once you have established the learning goals and accompanying action plan for your students, it’s vital that you document all this information in a central, easy to maintain and ideally digital format.
Let’s dive into the specific benefits that Individual Learning Plans can bring for students, teaching staff, parents or guardians, and the wider school.
An Individual Learning Plan (ILP) is a document that allows all stakeholders involved in the education of a child to document and collaborate on the student’s learning goals.
ILPs help educators develop supportive learning environments for all students, but especially those with special education needs by ensuring all stakeholders are working from the same learning plan.
An ILP should be reviewed at least every 6 months, but ideally once per school term in consultation with the other stakeholders.
Typically, an ILP will detail the child’s needs/impairment/disability, the responsibilities of all stakeholders involved in the education of the child, the child’s learning goals and objectives, and the strategies being implemented to help the child achieve them.
All children can benefit from an ILP, however they are most often used in the education of students with diverse needs.
An Individual Learning Plan (ILP) is sometimes called an Individual Education Plan (IEP). The terms are interchangeable, however ILP is most commonly used.
How can we help
We have a great tool for managing Individual Learning Plans in your school: Learning Pathways
Create learning plans as diverse as your students with our fully flexible, purpose-built platform.
