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Directed Questions
IEPs
Directed Questions for Lesson 3:
Developing the Heart of the IEP
Multiple Choice
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1.
Explain why it is
educationally
essential that PLOPs and goals/objectives/benchmarks are measurable. Explain why it is also
legally
essential, i.e., why does the law
require
measurability?
example:
Educationally Essential
Measurable annual goals, including benchmarks or short-term objectives are critical to the strategic planning process used to develop and implement the IEP for each child with a disability. Once the IEP team has developed measurable goals for a child, the team can develop strategies that will be most effective in realizing these goals. Without measurable PLOPs and goals/objectives, neither teachers nor parents can effectively determine whether or not a child is making progress.
Legally Essential
A major focus and intention of the changes Congress made in IDEA 1997 was to
improve educational results
for students who have disabilities. By developing measurable, intermediate steps (short-term objectives), the IEP team enables parents, students, and educators to monitor a child´s progress during the year, and, if appropriate, to review the IEP consistent with the student´s instructional needs.
2.
Every one of us has thousands of performance levels. How do we decide - i.e, what are the criteria - what PLOPs to put on an IDEA student´s IEP?
example:
The IEP team decides what PLOPs to include on the student´s IEP. The team will need to prioritize the student´s needs if there are many of them. Several guidelines were presented in this lesson that IEP teams should use to guide their selection of PLOPs. First, only areas of performance affected by the disability (or otherwise contributing a unique educational need) need be included. A related way to approach the selection of PLOPs is to ask, ´What are this child´s unique
needs
?´ She needs better handwriting, she needs to manage her anger better, to get to school every day and on time, and to read better. Again, these ´needs´ can then be expressed as PLOPs. Each PLOP will then be addressed by a service and a goal (with objectives).
