In my district the sped teacher is responsible for the annual review IEP meetings, and if we suspect a problem may arise, we can request that the...
I wonder if it would be helpful to have a parent speak? I know that most of my awareness of how parents are feeling, etc, comes from knowing them...
This is where we as teachers have an opportunity to really be the human side of the equation for parents--doctors, psychologists, etc are in the...
Yes. Pervasive Developmental Disorders. A good website is Family Village www.familyvillage.wisc.edu It gives information on all kinds of specific...
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Check your state's DOE website, you should be able to download the blank IEP form right there for the most complete answer to what are the...
Severe MR is still a rather broad umbrella--I've worked residential with students with severe to profound MR ages 3-27, and there can be quite a...
you're right, that stinks!
1. Anyone who has actual experience with disabilities before applying to be a paraprofessional is highly valued--don't be afraid to let your...
Some of those sound more feasible, some of it we have worked on but isn't in the IEP--Thanks for brainstorming with me, both of you!
I have one student who has a vocabulary of about 60 words. The others, no. Numbers as yet are meaningless, as are letters. We have done...
Well, maybe we're more pre-pre-academic. Currently we can't all identify colors let alone numbers, and 1-to-1 correspondence is definitely too...
Have you tried taking away things she puts into her mouth? I had a student who put EVERYTHING into his mouth. So we took the 5 weeks of our summer...
Newsboys and DC Talk are fun. Michael Card and Ray Boltz are a little more reflective, but they do great story songs. Jennifer Knapp, Burlap to...
Life Skills teachers--I know you're out there--does anyone have older LS students? Maybe you can tell me how you handle this? I am working on...
Do you have the chance to do observation in both elementary and special ed classrooms before you have to decide? Seeing it could really help you...
Back to the paper machie egg idea, something another teacher and I just did last week was we blew up balloons, then the kids dipped embroidery...
I have only been teaching 2 years in the public schools, but I worked in residential for severe special needs for 5 years before that, and within...
Wow! Sounds like a tricky situation! My students' OT goals all stem from observing, some data collection, informal evaluation of the students'...
is it a classroom where they work on ADLs? maybe you can get creative and work with the teacher to come up with curriculum-based activities with...
