You can pretty much have anything put in to an IEP that you want to, as long as there is a reasonable belief that it will help them to receive a better education.
Keep in mind that it can be changed as needed. It's a very fluid document. For example one year it specified that my DS would sit in the front row, but as he got older and then changed schools, that wasn't needed any longer.
In my DS's case, he had spent so many years floundering around in an ineffective learning situation that by the time he was finally in a good setting, he was terribly behind. So we had educational goals written into his IEP. Also things that would assist him in achieving goals, for example he was allowed to use a calculator for math--we were more concerned with his learning concepts than memorizing facts. One year he had to learn to sign his name. He never did learn cursive, but can sign his name, which was all I really care about. (He can read well formed cursive.)
It might sound stupid, but in his Junior and Senior year he had shop first period, math second period and gym last period. We just knew him well enough that scheduling him this way would make sure that he was in a class he could achieve at while still half asleep first thing in the morning (it took him a long time to really "wake up" due to a medication he took), do math while he was fresh, alert and not frustrated, and blow off steam at the end of the day. Fortunately the school he went to agreed and arranged his classes that way--he wasn't the only one apparantly LOL!
Here's the easiest way to look at it. Think about what you would like your child to get out of this school year, and what it will take to make this happen. That's what needs to get into the IEP. Good luck and feel free to ask if you've got more questions.
Anne
