Fw: Socialization on IEP

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Debbie - I can't find the book that I mentioned below, but the author's name is Moyes, the book is Incorporating Social Skills into the Classroom. Like I said before, she is a consultant with the schools, and reasonably priced. She told me that the times she was a consultant that the parents brought in, the school blew her off, but when the school brings her in, her recommendations carry more weight. Her email is bmoyes123@.... Here are some advantages to social skills in the IEP that I can remember Ms. Moyes advocating for - IDEA recognizes that social skills should be taught to eligible students, social skills impact self-esteem and classroom performance, social skills is a good predictor of success in later life, and social skills increases reading comprehension. If you don't understand the real life behavior of your classmates, how can you understand the behavior of characters in a book?? BTW, I didn't use Ms. Moyes as a consultant. My son has social skills in his IEP, but one reason I'm working on his IEP now is that there isn't a good way to measure them in his current IEP. I wanted to use a standardized test, or part of a standardized test, but the sp ed dir balked at that since not all the areas that the instrument tested was in the IEP. Of course, now I think, why wasn't it? He scored low on every subtest. The IEP should be addressing every area of my son's weakness!! > The principal called me today, very disturbed that I'm asking for ...Here's my opinion on this. He knows he cannot legally deny your request for another IEP meeting, or for social skills training for your son, so he's trying to manipulate you, trying to make you feel guilty for asking what is a legal right for your son. The principal might be very disturbed, but it wasn't your request that made him that way. Do not allow him to assign you responsibility for his feelings or mental health! If reasonable and legal requests from parents make him disturbed, then it's time he find another career. ---- Original Message ----- From: The Marotta Family Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:57 PMSubject: RE: [ ] Socialization on IEPA sentence a day is asking too much? I don't think so! In fact, that could be part of your's son IEP. Recalling past events was part of my son's preschool IEP, and once a day we would send in a sentence so the teacher could prompt him if he didn't answer her question. It didn't take much of my time. The sentences went from home to school because then the teacher could measure how many times he responded without prompting. But it wouldn't take much of a teacher's time to write, " really enjoyed today's craft - making snowmen out of shaving cream." Would it suffice for the teacher to write you a note once a week, say on Friday, to let you know what the next week's activities will be? She could write it when she does her weekly planning. That way you would know what the activities were but the teacher would only have to write you once a week.I sympathize with you not knowing what is going on in the classroom. When my first grader was younger, I could talk to him and ask questions ad nauseum, but he wouldn't volunteer much info. I felt in the dark, too, but his preschool teacher would send in papers re: the week's activities home on Monday, so I did have a inkling. What I found most helpful in helping my son talk about his day was to ask, "Tell me one good thing that happened today." His definition of good would always surprise me and his answers would help me understand how he thought and what he valued. I also learned that his definition of bad was different than mine. I would also ask, "Did anything bad happen today?" and he would invariably answer, "No." I had to asked about anything sad or scary or mad etc. to get an answer.But communication between parent and teacher is very important. Whether once a day or once a week, trust between the two can grow with frequent communication only. I would think the principal would be happy that a parent would want such communication, and it would need to go both ways. You'd need to tell the teacher if your son had a troubling evening or grumpy morning. The teacher has the same communication problems as you do. I don't think your son tells her what's going on at home.When a child has a diagnosis of autism, then social skills BELONG on the IEP. Communication, Socialization, and Interests all can be affected in a child with autism. Socialization affects how well your son functions in school. If he doesn't learn social skills now as a student (and the younger, the better), then he will fail to become an independent adult. He will be unable to keep a job. The whole reason why congress created IDEA was because students with disabilities were not being educated by the LSDs and they were not able to be independent when they grew into adults. They were burdens to society. The schools must teach their students with disabilities what they need to be as independent as possible. If a child has autism, then social skills are a part of that.If the social skills are not on your son's IEP, then the school will NOT be held responsible for teaching him those skills. Maybe your son will learn one a week, maybe he won't. But put them on his IEP, and then if he does not master them, the school will have to adjust his IEP, his services, so that he does learn them. I bet the principal does not want the skills to be on the IEP because they are not positive that the skills will be learned Teaching social skills can be/should be intensive.NEVER DOUBT YOURSELF! Your mother instincts are telling you that something is foul in Denmark and you are right (okay, so I never was good at Shakespeare).I have a good book on the subject at home and the author lives in Pittsburgh. She's a consultant for schools, teaching them how to incorporate social skills in the school day. I'll get her name and let you know.And by the way, tonight I and another mom are going to be working on social skills on my son's IEP via cyberspace. I don't think my son's IEP is intensive enough, and I'm getting ready now for the IEP meeting this April. Marotta>From: Debbie Ranallo <Corkwood@...>>Reply- >n < >>Subject: [ ] Socialization on IEP>Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:30:43 -0800 (PST)>>Hi,>> I'm writing about my son who is in Kindergarten.>> I'm looking for advice on putting social skills on the IEP. During my >last IEP meeting I requested to add some skills to the IEP and they refused >because they were starting a small social skills class for 20 minutes a >week. They introduce a new skill each week for 12 weeks and will send home >a paper saying how he performed with the teacher and with a peer.>> I feel the skills need to be on the IEP so they can be measured until he >masters them. I would like him to practice these skills across all >settings.>> The principal called me today, very disturbed that I'm asking for >another meeting, saying he feels that I don't think they are doing >anything. He wants me to come up with ideas on how to measure social >skills for the IEP.>> I'm beginning to question myself again. Does anybody have social skills >on their IEPs? If so, how are they measured.>> One last note. I also asked for more communication between the school >and me. I requested to receive a sentence on something that my son enjoyed >so that I could ask him about at home in hopes of increasing his >communication. The principal said that I'm asking for too much. I told >him that I have no idea of how my son's day was. I told him typical kids >could come and and tell their parents, where I don't have a clue. Do you >have any ideas on the simplest form of communication?>> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.>> Thank You.>> Debbie

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Thanks so much for all of your great info. Today, I met with from Insight Learning Center. I originally scheduled the appointment to help me decide if I should transfer my son to another school. But after speaking with her, we decided to do a full evaluation. It scares me a little that you metioned below that the school blew off independent evals. She will also visit the school and observe him and then come up with ideas for the IEP and I think she might attend the IEP meeting. So, now I cancelled the IEP meeting for now until all of the testing is complete. I also plan to get the book you mentioned below. Thanks again for your support! The Marotta Family <marottafamily@...> wrote: Debbie - I can't find the book that I mentioned below, but the author's name is Moyes, the book is Incorporating Social Skills into the Classroom. Like I said before, she is a consultant with the schools, and reasonably priced. She told me that the times she was a consultant that the parents brought in, the school blew her off, but when the school brings her in, her recommendations carry more weight. Her email is bmoyes123@.... Here are some advantages to social skills in the IEP that I can remember Ms. Moyes advocating for - IDEA recognizes that social skills should be taught to eligible students, social skills impact self-esteem and classroom performance, social skills is a good predictor of success in later

life, and social skills increases reading comprehension. If you don't understand the real life behavior of your classmates, how can you understand the behavior of characters in a book?? BTW, I didn't use Ms. Moyes as a consultant. My son has social skills in his IEP, but one reason I'm working on his IEP now is that there isn't a good way to measure them in his current IEP. I wanted to use a standardized test, or part of a standardized test, but the sp ed dir balked at that since not all the areas that the instrument tested was in the IEP. Of course, now I think, why wasn't it? He scored low on every subtest. The IEP should be addressing every area of my son's weakness!! > The principal called me today, very disturbed that I'm asking for ... Here's my opinion on this. He knows he cannot legally deny your request for another

IEP meeting, or for social skills training for your son, so he's trying to manipulate you, trying to make you feel guilty for asking what is a legal right for your son. The principal might be very disturbed, but it wasn't your request that made him that way. Do not allow him to assign you responsibility for his feelings or mental health! If reasonable and legal requests from parents make him disturbed, then it's time he find another career. ---- Original Message ----- From: The Marotta Family Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:57 PM Subject: RE: [ ] Socialization on

IEP A sentence a day is asking too much? I don't think so! In fact, that could be part of your's son IEP. Recalling past events was part of my son's preschool IEP, and once a day we would send in a sentence so the teacher could prompt him if he didn't answer her question. It didn't take much of my time. The sentences went from home to school because then the teacher could measure how many times he responded without prompting. But it wouldn't take much of a teacher's time to write, " really enjoyed today's craft - making snowmen out of shaving cream." Would it suffice for the teacher to write you a note once a week, say on Friday, to let you know what the next week's activities will be? She could write it when she does her weekly planning. That way you would know what the activities were but the teacher would only have to write you once a week.I

sympathize with you not knowing what is going on in the classroom. When my first grader was younger, I could talk to him and ask questions ad nauseum, but he wouldn't volunteer much info. I felt in the dark, too, but his preschool teacher would send in papers re: the week's activities home on Monday, so I did have a inkling. What I found most helpful in helping my son talk about his day was to ask, "Tell me one good thing that happened today." His definition of good would always surprise me and his answers would help me understand how he thought and what he valued. I also learned that his definition of bad was different than mine. I would also ask, "Did anything bad happen today?" and he would invariably answer, "No." I had to asked about anything sad or scary or mad etc. to get an answer.But communication between parent and teacher is very important. Whether once a day or once a

week, trust between the two can grow with frequent communication only. I would think the principal would be happy that a parent would want such communication, and it would need to go both ways. You'd need to tell the teacher if your son had a troubling evening or grumpy morning. The teacher has the same communication problems as you do. I don't think your son tells her what's going on at home.When a child has a diagnosis of autism, then social skills BELONG on the IEP. Communication, Socialization, and Interests all can be affected in a child with autism. Socialization affects how well your son functions in school. If he doesn't learn social skills now as a student (and the younger, the better), then he will fail to become an independent adult. He will be unable to keep a job. The whole reason why congress created IDEA was because students with disabilities were not being

educated by the LSDs and they were not able to be independent when they grew into adults. They were burdens to society. The schools must teach their students with disabilities what they need to be as independent as possible. If a child has autism, then social skills are a part of that.If the social skills are not on your son's IEP, then the school will NOT be held responsible for teaching him those skills. Maybe your son will learn one a week, maybe he won't. But put them on his IEP, and then if he does not master them, the school will have to adjust his IEP, his services, so that he does learn them. I bet the principal does not want the skills to be on the IEP because they are not positive that the skills will be learned Teaching social skills can be/should be intensive.NEVER DOUBT YOURSELF! Your mother instincts are telling you that something is foul in Denmark and you are

right (okay, so I never was good at Shakespeare).I have a good book on the subject at home and the author lives in Pittsburgh. She's a consultant for schools, teaching them how to incorporate social skills in the school day. I'll get her name and let you know.And by the way, tonight I and another mom are going to be working on social skills on my son's IEP via cyberspace. I don't think my son's IEP is intensive enough, and I'm getting ready now for the IEP meeting this April. Marotta>From: Debbie Ranallo <Corkwood@...>>Reply- >n < >>Subject: [ ]

Socialization on IEP>Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:30:43 -0800 (PST)>>Hi,>> I'm writing about my son who is in Kindergarten.>> I'm looking for advice on putting social skills on the IEP. During my >last IEP meeting I requested to add some skills to the IEP and they refused >because they were starting a small social skills class for 20 minutes a >week. They introduce a new skill each week for 12 weeks and will send home >a paper saying how he performed with the teacher and with a peer.>> I feel the skills need to be on the IEP so they can be measured until he >masters them. I would like him to practice these skills across all >settings.>> The principal called me today, very disturbed that I'm asking for >another meeting, saying he feels that I don't think they are doing >anything.

He wants me to come up with ideas on how to measure social >skills for the IEP.>> I'm beginning to question myself again. Does anybody have social skills >on their IEPs? If so, how are they measured.>> One last note. I also asked for more communication between the school >and me. I requested to receive a sentence on something that my son enjoyed >so that I could ask him about at home in hopes of increasing his >communication. The principal said that I'm asking for too much. I told >him that I have no idea of how my son's day was. I told him typical kids >could come and and tell their parents, where I don't have a clue. Do you >have any ideas on the simplest form of communication?>> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.>> Thank You.>>

Debbie

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Thanks so much for all of your great info. Today, I met with from Insight Learning Center. I originally scheduled the appointment to help me decide if I should transfer my son to another school. But after speaking with her, we decided to do a full evaluation. It scares me a little that you metioned below that the school blew off independent evals. She will also visit the school and observe him and then come up with ideas for the IEP and I think she might attend the IEP meeting. So, now I cancelled the IEP meeting for now until all of the testing is complete. I also plan to get the book you mentioned below. Thanks again for your support! The Marotta Family <marottafamily@...> wrote: Debbie - I can't find the book that I mentioned below, but the author's name is Moyes, the book is Incorporating Social Skills into the Classroom. Like I said before, she is a consultant with the schools, and reasonably priced. She told me that the times she was a consultant that the parents brought in, the school blew her off, but when the school brings her in, her recommendations carry more weight. Her email is bmoyes123@.... Here are some advantages to social skills in the IEP that I can remember Ms. Moyes advocating for - IDEA recognizes that social skills should be taught to eligible students, social skills impact self-esteem and classroom performance, social skills is a good

predictor of success in later life, and social skills increases reading comprehension. If you don't understand the real life behavior of your classmates, how can you understand the behavior of characters in a book?? BTW, I didn't use Ms. Moyes as a consultant. My son has social skills in his IEP, but one reason I'm working on his IEP now is that there isn't a good way to measure them in his current IEP. I wanted to use a standardized test, or part of a standardized test, but the sp ed dir balked at that since not all the areas that the instrument tested was in the IEP. Of course, now I think, why wasn't it? He scored low on every subtest. The IEP should be addressing every area of my son's weakness!! > The principal called me today, very disturbed that I'm asking for ... Here's my opinion on this. He knows he cannot legally

deny your request for another IEP meeting, or for social skills training for your son, so he's trying to manipulate you, trying to make you feel guilty for asking what is a legal right for your son. The principal might be very disturbed, but it wasn't your request that made him that way. Do not allow him to assign you responsibility for his feelings or mental health! If reasonable and legal requests from parents make him disturbed, then it's time he find another career. ---- Original Message ----- From: The Marotta Family Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:57 PM Subject: RE:

[ ] Socialization on IEP A sentence a day is asking too much? I don't think so! In fact, that could be part of your's son IEP. Recalling past events was part of my son's preschool IEP, and once a day we would send in a sentence so the teacher could prompt him if he didn't answer her question. It didn't take much of my time. The sentences went from home to school because then the teacher could measure how many times he responded without prompting. But it wouldn't take much of a teacher's time to write, " really enjoyed today's craft - making snowmen out of shaving cream." Would it suffice for the teacher to write you a note once a week, say on Friday, to let you know what the next week's activities will be? She could write it when she does her weekly planning. That way you would know what the activities were but the teacher would only have to write

you once a week.I sympathize with you not knowing what is going on in the classroom. When my first grader was younger, I could talk to him and ask questions ad nauseum, but he wouldn't volunteer much info. I felt in the dark, too, but his preschool teacher would send in papers re: the week's activities home on Monday, so I did have a inkling. What I found most helpful in helping my son talk about his day was to ask, "Tell me one good thing that happened today." His definition of good would always surprise me and his answers would help me understand how he thought and what he valued. I also learned that his definition of bad was different than mine. I would also ask, "Did anything bad happen today?" and he would invariably answer, "No." I had to asked about anything sad or scary or mad etc. to get an answer.But communication between parent and teacher is very important. Whether

once a day or once a week, trust between the two can grow with frequent communication only. I would think the principal would be happy that a parent would want such communication, and it would need to go both ways. You'd need to tell the teacher if your son had a troubling evening or grumpy morning. The teacher has the same communication problems as you do. I don't think your son tells her what's going on at home.When a child has a diagnosis of autism, then social skills BELONG on the IEP. Communication, Socialization, and Interests all can be affected in a child with autism. Socialization affects how well your son functions in school. If he doesn't learn social skills now as a student (and the younger, the better), then he will fail to become an independent adult. He will be unable to keep a job. The whole reason why congress created IDEA was because students with

disabilities were not being educated by the LSDs and they were not able to be independent when they grew into adults. They were burdens to society. The schools must teach their students with disabilities what they need to be as independent as possible. If a child has autism, then social skills are a part of that.If the social skills are not on your son's IEP, then the school will NOT be held responsible for teaching him those skills. Maybe your son will learn one a week, maybe he won't. But put them on his IEP, and then if he does not master them, the school will have to adjust his IEP, his services, so that he does learn them. I bet the principal does not want the skills to be on the IEP because they are not positive that the skills will be learned Teaching social skills can be/should be intensive.NEVER DOUBT YOURSELF! Your mother instincts are telling you that something is

foul in Denmark and you are right (okay, so I never was good at Shakespeare).I have a good book on the subject at home and the author lives in Pittsburgh. She's a consultant for schools, teaching them how to incorporate social skills in the school day. I'll get her name and let you know.And by the way, tonight I and another mom are going to be working on social skills on my son's IEP via cyberspace. I don't think my son's IEP is intensive enough, and I'm getting ready now for the IEP meeting this April. Marotta>From: Debbie Ranallo <Corkwood@...>>Reply- >n < >>Subject: [ ] Socialization on IEP>Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:30:43 -0800 (PST)>>Hi,>> I'm writing about my son who is in Kindergarten.>> I'm looking for advice on putting social skills on the IEP. During my >last IEP meeting I requested to add some skills to the IEP and they refused >because they were starting a small social skills class for 20 minutes a >week. They introduce a new skill each week for 12 weeks and will send home >a paper saying how he performed with the teacher and with a peer.>> I feel the skills need to be on the IEP so they can be measured until he >masters them. I would like him to practice these skills across all >settings.>> The principal called me today, very disturbed that I'm asking for

>another meeting, saying he feels that I don't think they are doing >anything. He wants me to come up with ideas on how to measure social >skills for the IEP.>> I'm beginning to question myself again. Does anybody have social skills >on their IEPs? If so, how are they measured.>> One last note. I also asked for more communication between the school >and me. I requested to receive a sentence on something that my son enjoyed >so that I could ask him about at home in hopes of increasing his >communication. The principal said that I'm asking for too much. I told >him that I have no idea of how my son's day was. I told him typical kids >could come and and tell their parents, where I don't have a clue. Do you >have any ideas on the simplest form of communication?>> Any suggestions would be

much appreciated.>> Thank You.>> Debbie

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I'm glad you found it helpful, but I'm more glad that you found someone experienced to help you with the school. I'm hoping all goes well with the evaluations and IEP!! ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbie Ranallo Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 3:14 PMSubject: Re: Fw: [ ] Socialization on IEPThanks so much for all of your great info. Today, I met with from Insight Learning Center. I originally scheduled the appointment to help me decide if I should transfer my son to another school. But after speaking with her, we decided to do a full evaluation. It scares me a little that you metioned below that the school blew off independent evals. She will also visit the school and observe him and then come up with ideas for the IEP and I think she might attend the IEP meeting. So, now I cancelled the IEP meeting for now until all of the testing is complete. I also plan to get the book you mentioned below. Thanks again for your support! The Marotta Family <marottafamily@msncom> wrote:Debbie - I can't find the book that I mentioned below, but the author's name is Moyes, the book is Incorporating Social Skills into the Classroom. Like I said before, she is a consultant with the schools, and reasonably priced. She told me that the times she was a consultant that the parents brought in, the school blew her off, but when the school brings her in, her recommendations carry more weight. Her email is bmoyes123@.... Here are some advantages to social skills in the IEP that I can remember Ms. Moyes advocating for - IDEA recognizes that social skills should be taught to eligible students, social skills impact self-esteem and classroom performance, social skills is a good predictor of success in later life, and social skills increases reading comprehension. If you don't understand the real life behavior of your classmates, how can you understand the behavior of characters in a book?? BTW, I didn't use Ms. Moyes as a consultant. My son has social skills in his IEP, but one reason I'm working on his IEP now is that there isn't a good way to measure them in his current IEP. I wanted to use a standardized test, or part of a standardized test, but the sp ed dir balked at that since not all the areas that the instrument tested was in the IEP. Of course, now I think, why wasn't it? He scored low on every subtest. The IEP should be addressing every area of my son's weakness!! > The principal called me today, very disturbed that I'm asking for ..Here's my opinion on this. He knows he cannot legally deny your request for another IEP meeting, or for social skills training for your son, so he's trying to manipulate you, trying to make you feel guilty for asking what is a legal right for your son. The principal might be very disturbed, but it wasn't your request that made him that way. Do not allow him to assign you responsibility for his feelings or mental health! If reasonable and legal requests from parents make him disturbed, then it's time he find another career. ---- Original Message ----- From: The Marotta Family Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:57 PMSubject: RE: [ ] Socialization on IEPA sentence a day is asking too much? I don't think so! In fact, that could be part of your's son IEP. Recalling past events was part of my son's preschool IEP, and once a day we would send in a sentence so the teacher could prompt him if he didn't answer her question. It didn't take much of my time. The sentences went from home to school because then the teacher could measure how many times he responded without prompting. But it wouldn't take much of a teacher's time to write, " really enjoyed today's craft - making snowmen out of shaving cream." Would it suffice for the teacher to write you a note once a week, say on Friday, to let you know what the next week's activities will be? She could write it when she does her weekly planning. That way you would know what the activities were but the teacher would only have to write you once a week.I sympathize with you not knowing what is going on in the classroom. When my first grader was younger, I could talk to him and ask questions ad nauseum, but he wouldn't volunteer much info. I felt in the dark, too, but his preschool teacher would send in papers re: the week's activities home on Monday, so I did have a inkling. What I found most helpful in helping my son talk about his day was to ask, "Tell me one good thing that happened today." His definition of good would always surprise me and his answers would help me understand how he thought and what he valued. I also learned that his definition of bad was different than mine. I would also ask, "Did anything bad happen today?" and he would invariably answer, "No." I had to asked about anything sad or scary or mad etc. to get an answer.But communication between parent and teacher is very important Whether once a day or once a week, trust between the two can grow with frequent communication only. I would think the principal would be happy that a parent would want such communication, and it would need to go both ways. You'd need to tell the teacher if your son had a troubling evening or grumpy morning. The teacher has the same communication problems as you do. I don't think your son tells her what's going on at home.When a child has a diagnosis of autism, then social skills BELONG on the IEP. Communication, Socialization, and Interests all can be affected in a child with autism. Socialization affects how well your son functions in school If he doesn't learn social skills now as a student (and the younger, the better), then he will fail to become an independent adult. He will be unable to keep a job. The whole reason why congress created IDEA was because students with disabilities were not being educated by the LSDs and they were not able to be independent when they grew into adults. They were burdens to society. The schools must teach their students with disabilities what they need to be as independent as possible. If a child has autism, then social skills are a part of that.If the social skills are not on your son's IEP, then the school will NOT be held responsible for teaching him those skills. Maybe your son will learn one a week, maybe he won't. But put them on his IEP, and then if he does not master them, the school will have to adjust his IEP, his services, so that he does learn them. I bet the principal does not want the skills to be on the IEP because they are not positive that the skills will be learned Teaching social skills can be/should be intensive.NEVER DOUBT YOURSELF! Your mother instincts are telling you that something is foul in Denmark and you are right (okay, so I never was good at Shakespeare).I have a good book on the subject at home and the author lives in Pittsburgh. She's a consultant for schools, teaching them how to incorporate social skills in the school day. I'll get her name and let you know.And by the way, tonight I and another mom are going to be working on social skills on my son's IEP via cyberspace. I don't think my son's IEP is intensive enough, and I'm getting ready now for the IEP meeting this April. Marotta>From: Debbie Ranallo <Corkwood@...>>Reply- >n < >>Subject: [ ] Socialization on IEP>Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:30:43 -0800 (PST)>>Hi,>> I'm writing about my son who is in Kindergarten.>> I'm looking for advice on putting social skills on the IEP. During my >last IEP meeting I requested to add some skills to the IEP and they refused >because they were starting a small social skills class for 20 minutes a >week. They introduce a new skill each week for 12 weeks and will send home >a paper saying how he performed with the teacher and with a peer.>> I feel the skills need to be on the IEP so they can be measured until he >masters them. I would like him to practice these skills across all >settings.>> The principal called me today, very disturbed that I'm asking for >another meeting, saying he feels that I don't think they are doing >anything. He wants me to come up with ideas on how to measure social >skills for the IEP.>> I'm beginning to question myself again. Does anybody have social skills >on their IEPs? If so, how are they measured.>> One last note. I also asked for more communication between the school >and me. I requested to receive a sentence on something that my son enjoyed >so that I could ask him about at home in hopes of increasing his >communication. The principal said that I'm asking for too much. I told >him that I have no idea of how my son's day was. I told him typical kids >could come and and tell their parents, where I don't have a clue. Do you >have any ideas on the simplest form of communication?>> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.>> Thank You.>> Debbie