Writing Measurable, Standards-Based IEPs for Functional Skills
Date:
December 17 @ 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Price:
Topics:
- Special Education
Instructor(s):
Jennifer Patenaude, M.A.
Event Type:
Virtual
Professional Learning Hours:
5
Intended Audience:
K-12 special education teachers and leaders, SLPs, related service providers.
Participants must attend all events:
- Event Date
- Event Date
Since the Vermont Special Education Rule Changes went into effect in summer 2023, educators have increasingly focused on refining practices to integrate functional skills as a foundational area in special education. This workshop will explore how social-emotional learning (SEL) standards and their learning progressions can inform the writing of meaningful Present Levels of Educational and Functional Performance (PLEFPs) statements and the development of specific, measurable IEP goals and objectives. The session will also emphasize creating goals and objectives that facilitate efficient data collection and accurate progress monitoring.
Participants will:
- Use the CASEL framework to identify and interpret key SEL standards relevant to functional skill development
- Consider a variety of assessments that can be used to inform PLEFPs for functional skills.
- Write clear, specific, standards-based, and measurable IEP present level statements and goals and objectives for functional skills that follow a defined learning progression.
- Evaluate reliable and efficient methods for collecting data on progress toward functional skill goals.
