by Lara Wakefield | Feb 27, 2019 | IEP Development
Annual IEP goals determine which services will be implemented to support the student’s progress during the school year. If those goals can’t be easily measured, how will the team know if the student met them? The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)...
by Kelly Ott | Jan 15, 2019 | IEP Development
A Tennessee school district has been ordered to pay $103,274 to reimburse the family of a student with Down Syndrome for the cost of private school tuition and tutoring. The District Court ruling follows a decision by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals that the Hamilton...
by Kelly Ott | Aug 22, 2018 | IEP Development, Uncategorized
Creating IEP Goals: 3 Tips to Get Started We want your school year to begin on the right foot! As each IEP is annually reviewed, begin to develop S.M.A.R.T.E.R goals for your students. Tips on updating specific features are available throughout the webinar series in...
by Kelly Ott | Feb 8, 2018 | How to Write Specific Goals, IEP Development, Uncategorized
IEP Goals Beyond the 3 R’s Today we received this question from a subscriber: All the IEP goals I see are linked to the 3 R’s and I teach Science. How do you suggest getting science and other subjects considered when admins are pushing for better 3R test...
by Kelly Ott | Aug 25, 2017 | IEP Development, Uncategorized
SMARTER Steps IEP Goal Development: The SMARTER method for IEP goal development was developed by Kelly Ott and Lara Wakefield and published in 2016. The SMART acronym was first coined by George Doran, Arthur Miller, and James Cunningham in 1981. The November 1981...
by Kelly Ott | Aug 22, 2017 | IEP Development, Outcomes, Uncategorized
Building A S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Future for Students with Disabilities. Building a name and reputation as a caring and compassionate educator occurs spontaneously when you are truly client centered. This involves so much more than developing IEP goals or providing therapy...
