Preschool Teachers' Opinions/Views on Developing the Individualized Education Program

Early intervention programs are supporting child development and they also have preventative function. In our country, developing IEP is necessary for addressing educational needs of children with special needs in inclusion programs in early childhood educational settings. This research aims to identify preschool teachers' views on learning, preparing and implementing the Individualized Education Program (IEP). It is a qualitative study in which face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted. For the study group, 8 preschool teachers who have students in inclusion programs in 2015-2016 academic year were selected through purposeful sampling According to the findings, the teachers stated that IEP is useful in terms of meeting student’s needs in general. Most of the teachers also stated that they did not prepare written and systematic IEPs, and also pointed out low parent involvement during the process. Lastly, the teachers stated that they are in need of easy to use, written resources on developing and implementing IEP