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SMARTER GOALS - A
DEFINE ATTAINABLE ADVANCEMENT THAT IS TIME BOUND.
So many times goals are about balance in addition to all of the other issues that need to be considered. The goal needs to be attainable within the year, yet there needs to be enough challenge to it that progress...
SMARTER GOALS – M
MEASURABLE AND MEANINGFUL DATA COLLECTION MUST BE ESTABLISHED
Identification of needs requires defined meaningful data collection that determines next steps in evaluations, research based programing, & other areas of need. The IEP is designed in order to allow...
SMARTER GOALS CREATE IMPROVED IEP OUTCOMES
YOU NEED TO KNOW ENOUGH -
TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS -
TO GET THE RIGHT ANSWERS
What you don’t know will hurt you!
November of 1981, the issue of Management Review contained a paper, There's a S.M.A.R.T. Way To Write...
PITFALLS TO AVOID
WHEN HOMESCHOOLING
Truancy, Compliance, and
Progress Monitoring
By: Jen Fauls-Leaver
New groups of homeschooling families are being welcomed each day. Many families are feeling they are not ready to have their children return to in-person schooling and...
BEHAVIORAL CURRICULUM
The last of the five curriculums you will find in an IEP is that for behavior. The behavior curriculum is implemented when a student’s behavior impedes the student’s learning or that of others. At that point the IEP team must consider the use of positive...
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY and the IEP
Today we are focusing on assistive technology and its importance in assisting the student in accessing their education. While everyone considers things like reading and math and the programs that support the struggling learner, we frequently do not consider the...
5 IEP CURRICULUMS #3 EXPANDED / FUNCTIONAL
Usually, parents do not think of accommodations or modifications as part of an actual curriculum. It does help to look at things from a different perspective because each of the 5 curriculum areas complements each other so that the child can...
5 IEP CURRICULUMS
Surprise, surprise, its not just reading, writing and arithmetic that we address in the IEP. The purpose of the IEP is to come up with a plan that will allow the child to access all of their education. That means that the accommodations and modifications that can be...
18 PARTS OF AN IEP - PART 2 (#10-18)
THERE ARE 18 ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THE IEP
This brings us to the last blog of this series, where we address the last 9 parts of the IEP and their functions. PARENTS MUST UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTION OF EACH PART AND HOW TO USE THEM! What you do not know can delay...
18 PARTS OF AN IEP I-9
THERE ARE 18 ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THE IEP
The annotated IEP document reaches 40 pages with no information about the student yet, so it is not surprising that some parents find it to be daunting and intimidating. That is why we want to make sure you are aware of, not...
WHO DEVELOPS THE IEP?
The IEP is developed by a team. This team includes school personnel and the child’s parents and as appropriate the child. This team meets AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY, but at least once a year.
Parents and Child
- the parents of the child with a disability are vital members of...