IEP Goals

[Guest guest]

The best thing in getting more speech minutes for Faith was to site apraxia in addition to DS. That also allowed capping the group at 3 children. This year she has 30 minutes 5 times a week. One of those sessions is in the classroom to give her help in communicating with peers.

ette

mom to Faith (9)DS

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We have an iep meeting this afternoon. I am reviewing old goals and compiling suggestions for changes and requesting increase of speech services. Anyone willing to share what kinds of goals you have incorporated into your child's iep.? (4 to 5 year old range).Hope

[Guest guest]

I wish I had more time to give you more input- but one goal you need to be sure you have is READING.

You want to use Pat O's method and you can write your goals in such a way as to ensure they use her method.

For example- My child will be able to match 4 new word/picture pairs per week.

Or what ever time frame you have in mind.

I would double check that her goals reflect typical skills being taught to all kids her age.

The VORT books have wonderful specific goals for all areas and I esp liked the speech ones, though we have our OLD ST BACK!!!! YAAAAA!!!! She is with a doubt a THE best ST I have ever had the pleasure to meet and I am over joyed to have her back.... sorry got off there. Another thing I wish I had put into 's goals back then were questions that will be asked at her domain testing, which I assue will be coming up soon. Things that will be on the cognitive and langauge portions of the tests, for example- given a choice of three pictures of a full vessel, she will be able to correctly choose the full vessel. Sounds easy, but to I have telling her cup is FULL when it was only half filled to prevent spillage LOL Cost her points! Silly I know- but with our kids, those points are important to their future education.

Other things for speech such as correctly ID'ing, soft, hard, long, narrow- there are TONS they need to know, all listed in the VORT book.

Carol in IL Mom to seven including , 6 with TOF, AVcanal, GERD, LS, Asthma, subglottal stenosis, and DS.My problem is not how I look. It's how you see me.

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iep goals

We have an iep meeting this afternoon. I am reviewing old goals and compiling suggestions for changes and requesting increase of speech services. Anyone willing to share what kinds of goals you have incorporated into your child's iep.? (4 to 5 year old range).Hope__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

>

> I wish I had more time to give you more input- but one goal you need

to be sure you have is READING.

> You want to use Pat O's method and you can write your goals in such a

way as to ensure they use her method.

>

> For example- My child will be able to match 4 new word/picture pairs

per week.

>

> Or what ever time frame you have in mind.

>

> I would double check that her goals reflect typical skills being

taught to all kids her age.

> The VORT books have wonderful specific goals for all areas and I esp

liked the speech ones, though we have our OLD ST BACK!!!! YAAAAA!!!! She

is with a doubt a THE best ST I have ever had the pleasure to meet and I

am over joyed to have her back.... sorry got off there. Another thing I

wish I had put into 's goals back then were questions that

will be asked at her domain testing, which I assue will be coming up

soon. Things that will be on the cognitive and langauge portions of the

tests, for example- given a choice of three pictures of a full vessel,

she will be able to correctly choose the full vessel. Sounds easy, but

to I have telling her cup is FULL when it was only half filled

to prevent spillage LOL Cost her points! Silly I know- but with our

kids, those points are important to their future education.

>

> Other things for speech such as correctly ID'ing, soft, hard, long,

narrow- there are TONS they need to know, all listed in the VORT book.

>

>

> Carol in IL

> Mom to seven including , 6 with TOF, AVcanal, GERD, LS,

Asthma, subglottal stenosis, and DS.

>

> My problem is not how I look. It's how you see me.

>

>

> Join our Down Syndrome information group -

> Down Syndrome Treatment/

>

> Listen to oldest dd's music http://www.myspace.com/vennamusic

>

>

>

> iep goals

>

> We have an iep meeting this afternoon. I am reviewing old goals and

> compiling suggestions for changes and requesting increase of speech

> services. Anyone willing to share what kinds of goals you have

> incorporated into your child's iep.? (4 to 5 year old range).

> Hope

>

>

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

I have no idea what happened to my reply. I was responding from the

web. I spent a lot of time on it too. Oh well, I'm too tired to retype

it now. Thanks for the input though.

Hope

> >

> > I wish I had more time to give you more input- but one goal you need

> to be sure you have is READING.

> > You want to use Pat O's method and you can write your goals in such a

> way as to ensure they use her method.

> >

> > For example- My child will be able to match 4 new word/picture pairs

> per week.

> >

> > Or what ever time frame you have in mind.

> >

> > I would double check that her goals reflect typical skills being

> taught to all kids her age.

> > The VORT books have wonderful specific goals for all areas and I esp

> liked the speech ones, though we have our OLD ST BACK!!!! YAAAAA!!!! She

> is with a doubt a THE best ST I have ever had the pleasure to meet and I

> am over joyed to have her back.... sorry got off there. Another thing I

> wish I had put into 's goals back then were questions that

> will be asked at her domain testing, which I assue will be coming up

> soon. Things that will be on the cognitive and langauge portions of the

> tests, for example- given a choice of three pictures of a full vessel,

> she will be able to correctly choose the full vessel. Sounds easy, but

> to I have telling her cup is FULL when it was only half filled

> to prevent spillage LOL Cost her points! Silly I know- but with our

> kids, those points are important to their future education.

> >

> > Other things for speech such as correctly ID'ing, soft, hard, long,

> narrow- there are TONS they need to know, all listed in the VORT book.

> >

> >

> > Carol in IL

> > Mom to seven including , 6 with TOF, AVcanal, GERD, LS,

> Asthma, subglottal stenosis, and DS.

> >

> > My problem is not how I look. It's how you see me.

> >

> >

> > Join our Down Syndrome information group -

> > Down Syndrome Treatment/

> >

> > Listen to oldest dd's music http://www.myspace.com/vennamusic

> >

> >

> >

> > iep goals

> >

> > We have an iep meeting this afternoon. I am reviewing old goals and

> > compiling suggestions for changes and requesting increase of speech

> > services. Anyone willing to share what kinds of goals you have

> > incorporated into your child's iep.? (4 to 5 year old range).

> > Hope

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > __________________________________________________

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I have been a silent member for some time now and would first like to thank everyone for all that I have learned from you. All of you have truly been an inspiration. My son, who is 8, has a diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome and Sensory Processing Disorder, but we have suspected for some time that he is an Aspie. Reading all of your posts has definitely reinforced that, especially the recent hilarious comments about Aspie logic, it is so him. If I may, I have a question. I just left my son’s annual IEP and am a little frustrated. His OT wants to diminish the service he is receiving to a consult basis only. I don’t agree and in fact believe that currently not enough is being done. Fortunately, the group was in partial agreement and the OT is supposed to get back to me with an additional goal for improvement in motor planning. Her goals (or goal, she only had one) seem to be a bit simplistic for an 8 year old, so I would like to get back to her with my own goal (or goals). So my question is, do any of you have any examples or suggestions for how I should write it?. Currently he is very uncoordinated, has balance issues and can’t play two square, handball (or any sport for that matter), to save his life. I don’t need a sports champion but his inability to do those things speaks to a bigger issue that she is missing, any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[Guest guest]

From my experience is that once kids are in elementary school most school OT's

focus on fine motor skills and possibly sensory issues. Occasionally you will

get an OT who will work on trunk support but that's rare. For the skills that

you mention your best bet would be to ask for Adapted PE services for your son.

Here's a definition of Adapated PE taken about.com:

http://specialchildren.about.com/od/specialeducation/g/APE.htm

Adapted Physical Education (APE) may be offered to students with gross motor

delays or other disability-related difficulties that make them unable to

participate productively in a regular physical education class. An Adapted

Physical Education class will usually be taught by someone with a background in

physical therapy who can adjust the activities so that they will be appropriate,

safe, and therapeutic for each individual student. The class may take place in a

gym where regular education students are also having classes, and the teacher

may facilitate appropriate interaction between the classes. In order to get APE

for your child, request that it be put in his or her IEP, and be prepared to

justify the need for adaptation. The Web site PE Central is a good place to

visit for more information on APE.

For more info check out this site:

http://www.pecentral.org/adapted/adaptedmenu.html

Caroline

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>

> Hi all,

> I have been a silent member for some time now and would first like to thank

everyone for all that I have learned from you. All of you have truly been an

inspiration. My son, who is 8, has a diagnosis of Tourette Syndrome and Sensory

Processing Disorder, but we have suspected for some time that he is an Aspie.

Reading all of your posts has definitely reinforced that, especially the recent

hilarious comments about Aspie logic, it is so him. If I may, I have a

question. I just left my son’s annual IEP and am a little frustrated. His OT

wants to diminish the service he is receiving to a consult basis only. I

don’t agree and in fact believe that currently not enough is being done.

Fortunately, the group was in partial agreement and the OT is supposed to get

back to me with an additional goal for improvement in motor planning. Her goals

(or goal, she only had one) seem to be a bit simplistic for an 8 year old, so I

would like to get back to her with my own goal (or goals). So my question is,

do any of you have any examples or suggestions for how I should write it?.

Currently he is very uncoordinated, has balance issues and can’t play two

square, handball (or any sport for that matter), to save his life. I don’t

need a sports champion but his inability to do those things speaks to a bigger

issue that she is missing, any help is appreciated.

> Thanks

>