For too long, we have been writing disjointed IEPs because of the
common and outdated practice of acting as separate entities instead of like a well-oiled IEP team.
The Speech/Language therapist writes communication goals and inserts them into the district’s IEP form. The Occupational Therapist writes fine motor goals and inserts them into the district’s IEP form. The Physical therapist writes gross motor goals and inserts them into the district’s IEP form. The Behavior Specialist writes… I think you know where I'm going with this.
The result of this outdated should-never-have-happened-in-the-first- place practice is a disjointed IEP. This leads to so many adults working on separate, unrelated goals that don’t lead to
your child accessing and making progress in general education classrooms.
Do you want to join a
conversation about why this is an outdated and ineffective way to write IEPs and what we could do instead?
We’ll be live on Thursday, Aug. 18th at Noon Mtn. Time, 2 pm ET, 1 pm CT, 11 am PT. It’ll be a good time, and you’ll walk away with some new ideas that are easy to implement.
Here's to IEP teams that collaborate with each other!
