Which term involves determining the resources, services and supports needed for the student to access the general education curriculum?

• A. Eligibility
• B. IEP Development
• C. FAPE
• D. LRE

Answer: (A)

Determining the resources, services and supports a student needs to access the general education curriculum is addressed in the planning and documentation of the student’s IEP. The IEP development process involves the team identifying what accommodations, modifications, specialized instruction, related services (like speech, OT, counseling), and assistive technology are necessary for the student to participate in and make progress in the general education setting. This is the action that translates a student’s needs into concrete supports built into the plan the school must implement.

Eligibility, by contrast, is about establishing whether a student meets criteria for special education services in IDEA, not about specifying the supports themselves. FAPE guarantees an appropriate public education but does not specify the resource decisions; LRE concerns the setting in which education occurs and the degree of inclusion, rather than the specific supports listed in the plan. So the term that best fits the description is the IEP development process.