Is friendship an appropriate IEP goal?

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At 10:37 PM 10/20/1998 -0500, wrote:

>From: keedy@... ( Keedy)

>Casey, these are great!!!!! I might take you up on your brother!

>The most startling statement I heard today came when the District person

>replied to my concerns about Kendra having opportunities to interact

>positively with her peers. " FRIENDSHIP is NOT an appropriate IEP goal " she

>said as she coldly looked down her nose at me. grrrr

<off the record> We have a wonderful computer program that produces

marvelous standardized IEPs <back on the record, tongue out of cheek>

One of the Goal areas that we have in our computerized planning for IEPs

is that of " socialization. " With Kayla, one of our goals is to begin working

towards having Kayla learn to interact with peers in an appropriate manner.

Perhaps this person needs to hear the words " appropriate manner " rather than

" positively. "

<tongue back in cheek> it seems like this district person must not think

" friendship " is an appropriate goal because she didin't achieve it during her

school experiences. </tongue in cheek>

Bob

(who is alway more sarcastic towards authority when frustrated with

their incompetent actions!)

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