It's summer break, and you might already be thinking ahead to how you can get a jumpstart on the new school year. If you have access to your caseload, one great area to begin organizing is your IEP and progress report schedule. Below are some helpful tips to get you started as well as a FREEBIE! 1. ... READ the POST
Can’t Think of IEP Goals to Write?
Writing IEP goals doesn’t have to be a guessing game of “what goals should I write?”. If you've had students for several years, it can also become hard to think of what other goals to write. Here are some tips to remember that will not only benefit the student, but help you write ... READ the POST
Managing Different Levels of IEP Goals & Data Collection
Every SPED classroom is different: whether you have only 1 student with 10 IEP goals or 20 students with 2 IEP goals each. Then add in the factors of completely different IEP goals, and different levels! There's one thing that's common for all classrooms though - it's a lot of work to ... READ the POST
Independent Living IEP Goals Ideas
There are an endless number of life skills IEP goals out there, it's just a matter of finding what your student and their family want to focus on. It's all about getting to know your student, and their future goals and collaborating with parents/caregivers on what areas they find ... READ the POST
Vocational IEP Goal Ideas
There are an endless number of life skills IEP goals out there, it's just a matter of finding what your student and their family want to focus on. It's all about getting to know your student, and their future goals and collaborating with parents/caregivers on what areas they find ... READ the POST
Free Independent Living Assessments for Transition Planning
As a special education teacher, assessments can help extract powerful information that helps us plan our curriculum as well as plan for our students' futures. Student IEP goal baselines should be based on various types of assessments to get the most accurate information. Student preferences as ... READ the POST