It’s that time of the year again when it seems like every child on my caseload has an IEP due tomorrow. It’s a chore that has to be done. As we gather all of the data that we have collected to monitor and track progress on a years’ worth of IEP goals, we must come up with new ideas for our kids to get to the next level. Now, it’s not that we don’t have the great ideas to help our students, but the way we write and explain them makes all the difference.
I have inherited some neatly written IEP’s that have spectacular goals, using terminology that would impress any college professor. However, when it comes down to the everyday understanding of what each goal actually means and the methods used to master the goal, well, that’s where some of us stumble and fall. If an IEP goal states the activities or strategies that you will use with the student, then, please, for all of us Special Education teachers, tell us what it is! Rather than writing, “given reading strategies, Johnny will read letter sounds”, tell us what those reading strategies are! Will you be using flashcards, magnets, audio, computer-based, or language master activities? Then WRITE it! The teacher who inherits this IEP next year will love you for it and the student will have a jump on achieving the goals set for him/her.
If you need assistance writing IEP goals, please provide a sample goal of the wording that your school district uses and send it my way! I’ll be happy to help you AT NO COST to write those goals. Give us a couple of weeks to create activities to go right along with those goals to enhance learning and mastery. You’ll be able to find them by typing the IEP Goal into the search bar at the top of the page by visiting AutismEducators.com.
You can reach me at: CustomerCare@AutismEducators.com
Happy Goal Writing!
Debbie Singer
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