IEP Service Delivery in Oklahoma
How are IEP services delivered in Oklahoma?
Oklahoma defines five specific service types that must be documented in each student's IEP. These are: (1) Consultation — special education teacher/related service provider consults with general education teacher, does not directly serve the student; (2) Monitoring — special education teacher/related service provider monitors student in the general education setting; (3) Collaboration — special education teacher supports through re-teaching and reinforcing, may be push-in or pull-out; (4) Co-Teaching — student receives primary instruction from BOTH a general education teacher and a special education teacher with equal responsibility; (5) Direct Instruction — student receives primary instruction from a special education teacher outside the general education classroom. LEAs may NOT make universal, administrative decisions to change IEPs for groups of students. Class size limits apply: self-contained maximum 10 students; resource Pre-K–4th grade maximum 10 students, 5th–12th grade maximum 15 students.
What Oklahoma Requires
IEP must specify the service type for each special education service: Consultation, Monitoring, Collaboration, Co-Teaching, or Direct Instruction (Oklahoma Special Education Policies & Procedures 2024, Ch. 6, Sec. 3.G.i)
Consultation: general education teacher has primary instructional responsibility; special education teacher/related service provider consults but does NOT directly serve the student — used for specialty resources (e.g., VI specialist consult) (Oklahoma Special Education Policies & Procedures 2024, Ch. 6, Sec. 3.G.i)
Monitoring: special education teacher/related service provider monitors the student in the general education setting for goal-related components (data on goals, observing behaviors, accommodations implementation) (Oklahoma Special Education Policies & Procedures 2024, Ch. 6, Sec. 3.G.i)
Collaboration: push-in (general education setting) or pull-out model; special education teacher re-teaches and reinforces skills; may include co-planning for accommodations/modifications (Oklahoma Special Education Policies & Procedures 2024, Ch. 6, Sec. 3.G.i)
Co-Teaching: BOTH a general education teacher and a special education teacher have equal instructional responsibility; paraprofessional does NOT qualify as co-teacher (Oklahoma Special Education Policies & Procedures 2024, Ch. 6, Sec. 3.G.i)
Direct Instruction: special education teacher has primary instructional responsibility; provided OUTSIDE the general education classroom; requires OSDE content credential for secondary content areas (Oklahoma Special Education Policies & Procedures 2024, Ch. 6, Sec. 3.G.i)
Self-contained class size maximum: 10 students; Resource Pre-K through 4th grade maximum: 10 students; Resource 5th through 12th grade maximum: 15 students (Oklahoma Special Education Policies & Procedures 2024, Ch. 15)
LEAs may NOT make universal administrative decisions to change IEPs for groups of students by disability category (Oklahoma Special Education Policies & Procedures 2024, Ch. 6, Sec. 3.G)