Maddie completing a 4th grade reading comprehension worksheet with her Dad.
The assignment is unmodified (ie questions are the same) but the product (ie her answers) are accommodated (given in an alternative format, specifically Boardmaker symbols).
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=5ccb673caeeb6c67360ee5&skin_id=601&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url
<<< OK, there will be multiple posts on the Grade 5 IEP, otherwise it will be so long, nobody would ever finish. >>>
I know I linked to the IEP Goals and Objectives Bank, and I used to have goals like that for Maddie, but anymore we write our goals very differently. This post is limited [...]
<<< OK, there will be multiple posts on the Grade 5 IEP, otherwise it will be so long, nobody would ever finish. >>>
Follow this link to read my “parent input” for the IEP. I always use this same format, with some pictures and our “dream statement” (aka mission statement) for Maddie.
Parent Input & Concerns (200 
<<< OK, there will be multiple posts on the Grade 5 IEP, otherwise it will be so long, nobody would ever finish. >>>
It went well! We were finished in four hours. That’s pretty much unheard of for me.
The main thing I took away from Maddie’s meeting was how important people are. We did a MAPS session, part [...]
Today is Maddie’s IEP. It never gets “easy”, but I feel pretty comfortable with how I anticipate the meeting will go. I know at what points I will tear up and what point I will have to be fighting mad.
Just yesterday, a mom said this to me:
I guess I have looked at an IEP as [...]
What is it like to be wanted? Isn’t that something that we all crave? Wow, I’ve never really had this experience with Maddie before.
In general, this time of year really sucks for me. We have Maddie’s annual IEP and MAPS meeting. Its a really long day, a lot of prep work, a lot of anxiety and [...]
This is one that I have bookmarked
IEP Goals and Objectives Bank (PDF)
http://www.bridges4kids.org/IEP/iep.goal.bank.pdf
This amazing 177-page document will assist both parents and professionals in forming goals for kids of all ages in the special ed system. The Goal Bank has been designed to allow users to locate specific goals as used in the eSIS SPED Full software. Click [...]
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/special_reports&id=6073339
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - April 10, 2008 (WPVI) — For years, having a child with disabilities meant having them separated into different educational paths from other children. Now a handful of Montgomery County women are empowering parents with new options.
Most educators agree that children learn better by example, and that’s true for ALL children, even those [...]
Stolen from another mom (with permission)
Human beings do not always and probably rarely if ever learn in a linear, step by step fashion (so much for no child left behind).
I think we humans learn in what I would call the BACKYARD FIREWORKS MODEL- randomly exploding in surprising and brilliant colors and patterns, but not always in sequence [...]
Thought I would post this link to a couple articles I worked with Kathy on as part of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation Education Committee.
http://www.angelman.org/angel/index.php?id=93
