Writing an IEP can be an onerous task. I have developed strategies and approaches that hopefully can help to make the task less onerous. To assist IEP writers in the creation of the document I have created templates, sentence-starters and examples that could be used in IEP writing. The strategies are divided into categories based upon the current Massachusetts IEP form. It is my hope that the strategies and templates I have created will ease the task of IEP writing while maintaining fidelity to individualized student need.s.