IEP GOALS

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Swa the posts about low extectations and IEP goals and thought I

would ask the group for examples of goals.

If all goal are written like 's I know why my son has been

stagnant for the past several years. These goals seem to be much

more specific and easier to decide if they have been acheived.

A little backround first.

My son is 14 yo and very behind his peers academicaly and

emotionaly. Some of this stems from the fact that he has cerebal

palsey and for the first 5 years of his life his goals were more

physical in our attempts to have him be mobile. When he finally

walked unassisted at 6 we were thrilled and began looking at his

learning /school issues.

Then we began to deal with the behavior issues. These issues have

been resolved with medication for ADD. The bad behavior caused him

to stagnate and to fall even further behind.

He is in a school for the deaf as opposed to mainstreaming because we

live in a very rural area and our school district sends most of it's

special ed students to schools outside of the district. We are also

trying to get him into the area residential program to eliminate the

1.5 hr drive each way to & from school each day, but because of his

severe delay academicaly and his previous behavior issues, this has

been a struggle.

He is currently only at a 1-2 grade level in all academic skills.

Most of his goals for the last several years have been the same or so

close to the previous years goals. I have been stressing to the

school that he needs to be challanged more but they continue to " Yes

yes " me and fail to adjust his goals.

If any one has examples of goals the would be willing to share please

let me know.

Thenks,

Beth

hearing mom of 14yo twins robert deaf & hearing