Guest guest Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Hi Again, It's me again. I am sitting here reading through my son's IEP goals and was hoping you all might be able to help me. My son currently attends an out of district special ed placement (he has Aspergers and is almost 8 years old). At our IEP meeting last week, we (my husband & I) determined, as we have believed for some time, that it is time to go back to district with supports. This idea has not been embraced by our district, as we expected. We have been in " battle " with them over 2 years. It was decided to split his time between placements and begin the transition process. With this being said, I would like to incorporate meaningful goals that will help in the transition to a mainstream 2nd grade (we decided to hold him back one year), but also focus on the 3rd grade academics. For example, at his special ed school they do not copy from the blackboard, this sounds easy enough, but when my son went into a regular class they did and this was difficult for him. Just giving an example. In addition, the child study team noted that although my son was on grade level and could do practical math, they think it will be challenging for him to apply math concepts and its abstract applications. My district uses Everyday Math (way different than how I learned math!!). In addition, they think he will have issues with open ended questions. They are laying the groundwork for why he should not be in district. So, I am trying to get a handle on what the demands of a 2nd grade will be so that I may prepare my son for that. Again, your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Again, Luz LOL!!! __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Here are some suggested IEP Goals: _Asperger Info: IEP GOALS_ (http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/IEP_Goals.html) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I would get a list of supports that the special school provides. You could ask his current teacher to write down all the things she does that are different from a " regular " school. That would be easiest to make a list of accommodations. Also, remember that the IEP is not a once-a-year ordeal, though it might seem to be so! LOL! If he does get started in the regular school and you see problems, you can call a meeting to add on to the IEP or change things that are not working. For your example, he can have notes provided to him so he doesn't have to copy or an aide who can take notes for him or monitor his progress so he isn't getting behind. Everyday math CAN be a big problem. It is just an awful curriculum for kids with learning problems. I curse it all the time. What we finally ended up doing with my older ds is to have him taught math separately and they would use the old math book. So he would be learning the same math, only the " normal " way. So you could have him put into a resource room for math instruction IF this becomes a problem. He might do just fine. So I would probably wait and see how he is doing while keeping a sharp eye on his progress (or lack of.) My 9 yo is really gifted in math and is doing the Everyday math without a problem so far. He is going into 5th grade in the fall so I do expect problems to start popping up despite his abilities. Any problem they come up with can have a solution if one is creative or willing to make it work. Usually people are wanting out of the district though! <g> Roxanna Autism Happens _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of luz velez Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 10:31 PM Aspergers Treatment ; mosaic-list ; njfamilieswautism Subject: ( ) 2nd & 3rd Grade IEP Goals Hi Again, It's me again. I am sitting here reading through my son's IEP goals and was hoping you all might be able to help me. My son currently attends an out of district special ed placement (he has Aspergers and is almost 8 years old). At our IEP meeting last week, we (my husband & I) determined, as we have believed for some time, that it is time to go back to district with supports. This idea has not been embraced by our district, as we expected. We have been in " battle " with them over 2 years. It was decided to split his time between placements and begin the transition process. With this being said, I would like to incorporate meaningful goals that will help in the transition to a mainstream 2nd grade (we decided to hold him back one year), but also focus on the 3rd grade academics. For example, at his special ed school they do not copy from the blackboard, this sounds easy enough, but when my son went into a regular class they did and this was difficult for him. Just giving an example. In addition, the child study team noted that although my son was on grade level and could do practical math, they think it will be challenging for him to apply math concepts and its abstract applications. My district uses Everyday Math (way different than how I learned math!!). In addition, they think he will have issues with open ended questions. They are laying the groundwork for why he should not be in district. So, I am trying to get a handle on what the demands of a 2nd grade will be so that I may prepare my son for that. Again, your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Again, Luz LOL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 > > > > In addition, the child study team noted that although my son was on grade level and could do practical math, they think it will be challenging for him to apply math concepts and its abstract applications. My district uses Everyday Math (way different than how I learned math!!). In addition, they think he will have issues with open ended questions. They are laying the groundwork for why he should not be in district. > > Beware of Everyday Math. I am in the opposite situation as yours; we are moving from mainstream to a self-contained sped class for 5th grade. The spec ed " instructional " classes in our district do not use Everyday Math, as it is " language-based " and can cause lots of problems for AS or LD kids. Everyday Math is full of open-ended questions and skips around constantly from topic to topic without much opportunity for review. We have had to supplement with KUMON or SaxonMath as my daughter learns best from constant repetition. I'd see if you can get a different Math curriculum as, in my experience, Everyday Math created lots of frustration. We had a great 2nd grade year in mainstream simply because my daughter's classroom teacher was a former sped teacher and knew how to work with my daughter. If your child has problems with reading comprehension, they will start to surface toward the end of 2nd grade as the emphasis starts to switch from decoding to comprehension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Everyone, thanks so much for all your helpful ideas!!!! ppanda65@... wrote: Here are some suggested IEP Goals: _Asperger Info: IEP GOALS_ (http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/IEP_Goals.html) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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