Outline of strengths & challenges for teacher meeting

Here is a one-pager that I shared with Bearhug's Pre-K teacher at a teacher meeting early in the school year. I created it to help frame up our discussion around Bearhug's strengths and challenges, and some things about autism / sensory issues to be aware of that would help her work with Bearhug more effectively.I'm posting it here in case it helps gives other parents ideas for their own summary that could be used for parent-teacher discussions where appropriate.Sources: Some of these are my own, others are adapted from a number of online sources, which I pulled together and tailored specifically to Bearhug's needs at the time. (It's been 4...

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Pre-Academic / Play Skills

Play is the "work" of preschoolers, as it helps them learn and helps them develop pre-skills that they will need to build on later as they start learning academic skills. For that reason, it's not uncommon for children to have play-related IEP goals especially in a preschool setting.IEP goals relating to pre-academic / play skills:1. Imitate functional play demonstrated by an adult using a variety of toys for their intended purpose in a variety of settings (housekeeping, blocks, transportation, etc.) with visual model or verbal prompt at least twice a day for 2 minutes.2. Engage in functional play using a variety of toys for their intended purpose...

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Personal / Social Goals

IEP goals relating to personal / social skills:***newly added items starting with #19***1. transition from one activity to another in his/her classroom, including non-preferred activities, independently.2. attend to a teacher-directed activity for 3-5 minutes with no more than two verbal reminders3. follow directions related to daily routine with verbal and visual cues (such as clean up or line up)4. stay with a group during large and small group activities (to include meals, walking within the school and play groups) with two reminders for 3-5 minutes5. play alongside one or two peers for 15 minutes independently6. imitate simple play schemes...

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Speech / Language Goals

IEP goals relating to speech / language development:1. initiate interactions with peers and adults to gain attention, make requests, or relate information.2. engage in give and take of rudimentary conversation, maintaining topic without perseveration, for at least two exchanges.3. identify and express basic descriptive (big/little, hot/cold) and spatial concepts (under, in front of, in, on, out, off)4. follow two-step related and unrelated commands in a variety of structured settings.5. express prepositions (on, under, off, behind)6. express possessive marker 's' appropriately.7. answer 'wh' questions about immediate and recently occurring events...

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Articulation skills

IEP goals relating to articulation skills:1. participate in oral motor exercises to improve muscle strength, coordination, and control2. improve intelligibility of connected speech and thematic vocabulary by producing developmentally appropriate sounds (p, b, m, t, d) and increasing oral movemen...

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Fine Motor Skills

IEP goals relating to fine motor development:***newly added items starting with #12***1. complete two-handed activities such as stringing beads, stabilizing work, unscrewing or screwing lid.2. imitate simple lines and shapes with a variety of mediums.3. cut paper in half with scissors.4. use a tripod grasp independently when writing.5. write the letters of his name, using age appropriate size and formation.6. write own first and last names with initial capital letters, self-selected words and letters of the alphabet.7. copy simple shapes, designs, numerals and letters.8. draw representational pictures (person, house, tree, etc.)9. copy lines,...

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Academic Skills

IEP goals relating to developing academic skills:***newly added items starting with #5***1. demonstrate the concepts of one and one more through objects and actions.2. give or select three objects.3. add two logical events to on-going play.4. match objects by two attributes such as color and shape.5. point to, retrieve or touch 20 objects or pictures of common objects when presented with a command or question (ie. "touch X, where is X?") given a choice of two and a physical prompt, within the classroom setting / natural environmen...

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A note on mastery of objectives

It is important that IEP objectives, like any other goals, be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and timely (SMART). Part of making the goals measurable is identifying how "mastery" of the objective will be defined.Mastery criteria might take the form of:- 4 out of 5 over 3 data collections- 90% accuracy- 85% intelligibility by XX date- 50% over a 9 week peri...

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