IDP, for Individual Development Plan, is used quite often in the discourse of some school guidance counselors; however, not always in the same context as IEP. Some school districts or private schools, in my experience, will initiate IDPs to help keep students on track and plan goals related to life after school (college, technical training, etc.). I've also heard IDPs used to supplement an IEP; in these cases, the IDP is the way the school adds extra documentation to the IEP process (details the development of reaching the IEP goals).
 
Also, I could be wrong on this, but I believe I've heard Individual Development Plan used in UK schools in the same way we use IEP in America.
 
In any case, IEP (Individualized Education Plan) is the dominant acronym for this sort of thing in the U.S.
 
John

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Karl Hagen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
An IEP is an "individualized education program" (in the US). Since that
terminology is the one established by federal law, and since 'D' is
right next to 'E' on the keyboard, I presume IDP is just a typo.

Karl

Dick Veit wrote:
> Am I the only ATEGer who doesn't know what an IDP is? I turned to Google for
> enlightenment and found I had many choices, not limited to the following:
>
> Insurance Data Processing
> Internet Dictionary Project
> Intrusion Detection Prevention
> Intern Development Program
> International Driving Permit
> Ingersoll-Dresser Pump
>
> I then tried Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDP>, which provided a
> list of over twenty IDPs, including "Islamic Democratic Party (Rwanda)" and
> the Amtrak stop abbreviation for Independence, Missouri.
>
> I'm guessing none of those are it. I found IDP llinks to several education
> sites, but they all seemed to assume that anyone using the site already
> knows what an IDP is. I didn't give up, and—correct me if I'm wrong—I think
> the IDP in our discussion is "Individual Development Plan."
>
> Two cheers for acronyms.
>
> Dick Veit
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