IEPs That Meet Their Needs; Integrating Language and Auditory Skills and State Standards

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IEPs That Meet Their NeedsIntegrating Language
and Auditory Skills and State Standards

• Teri Ouellette, M.S. Ed.
• Helen Zuganelis, M.S., CCC-SLP
• St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf Indianapolis

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Meeting State Standards

• There is a push at the state level to write IEP
  goals that address Indianas academic standards

Pre-Kindergarten Kindergarten and up
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Meeting State Standards

• Who is bound to standards?
• Why use the standards?

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Application at SJI-I

• Language is the underlying basis for the
  majority of academic standards.
• The language of
• 1. English/Language Arts
• 2. Mathematics
• 3. Science
• 4. Social Studies

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Application at SJI-I

• Skill areas addressed include
• Language
• (vocabulary, semantics, syntax)
• Pragmatic Language
• Audition
• Articulation

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Child 1

• Kindergarten age child with high level of
  auditory, language, and speech abilities

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Child 1 - Language

• Goal Child will formulate a set of directions
  (e.g., Tell me how) or statements to unify a
  sequence of pictures/story in 80 of
  opportunities.

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Child 1 - Language

• Examples of state standards this goal supports
• READING Comprehension Comprehension and
  Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text
• K.2.4 Retell familiar stories
• WRITING Process Organization and Focus
• K.4.2 Tell a story that the teacher or some
  other person will write
• LISTENING AND SPEAKING Skills, Strategies, and
  Applications Speaking Applications
• K.7.5 Tell an experience or creative story in
  a logical sequence.

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Child 1 - Language

• Goal Child will answer questions/formulate
  descriptive statements to identify similarities
  and differences in 80 of opportunities.

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Child 1 - Language

• Examples of state standards this goal supports
• MATHEMATICS Measurement
• K.5.1 Make direct comparisons of the length,
  capacity, weight, and temperature of objects
  and recognize which object is shorter, longer,
  taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler or
  holds more.
• SCIENCE Common Themes Models and Scale
• K.6.1 Describe an object by saying how it is
  similar to or different from another object
• SOCIAL STUDIES Individuals, Society, and
  Culture
• K.5.4 Identify and compare similarities and
  differences in families in other places and
  cultures.

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Child 1 Language/Audition

• Goal Child will perceive and produce plural s/z
  in 80 of trials.

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Child 1 Language/Audition

• Example of state standard this goal supports
• LISTENING AND SPEAKING Skills, Strategies, and
  Applications Oral Communication
• K.7.2 Share information and ideas, speaking in
  complete, coherent sentences.

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Child 1 Pragmatic Language

• Goal Child will maintain and follow
  conversational topic for 5 exchanges with peers
  in 80 of opportunities.

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Child 1 Pragmatic Language

• Example of state standard this goal supports
• LISTENING AND SPEAKING Skills, Strategies, and
  Applications Oral Communication
• K.7.2 Share information and ideas, speaking in
  complete, coherent sentences.

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Child 1 Articulation/Audition

• Goal In phrases, child will perceive and
  produce /s/ and th in initial, medial, and
  final positions in 80 of trials.

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Child 1 Articulation/Audition

• Example of state standard this goal supports
• LISTENING AND SPEAKING Skills, Strategies, and
  Applications Oral Communication
• K.7.2 Share information and ideas, speaking in
  complete, coherent sentences.

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Child 2

• Kindergarten age with low level of auditory,
  language, and speech skills, multiple issues

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Child 2 Language

• Goal Child will understand and produce at least
  30 new words per month.

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Child 2 - Language

• Example of state standard this goal supports
• All academic standards!
• Depending on a childs individual needs, there
  will not always be a specific standard that can
  be associated with the goal.

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Child 2 - Language

• Goal Child will demonstrate understanding and
  use of developmentally appropriate concepts (e.g.
  spatial concepts, qualitative concepts,
  quantitative concepts) in 80 of opportunities.

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Child 2 - Language

• Examples of state standards this goal supports
• MATHEMATICS Measurement
• K.5.1 Make direct comparisons of the length,
  capacity, weight, and temperature of objects
  and recognize which object is shorter, longer,
  taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler or
  holds more.
• SCIENCE Common Themes Models and Scale
• K.6.1 Describe an object by saying how it is
  similar to or different from another object

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Child 2 Pragmatic Language

• Goal Child will increase initiation of
  spontaneous productions of greetings, social
  phrases, and feelings (i.e., Hello. Good
  morning. Goodbye Do it again. Help me.
  Look at this. I dont know. I like this.
  Im tired. to 10-15 times per week.

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Child 2 Pragmatic Language

• Example of state standard this goal supports
• LISTENING AND SPEAKING Skills, Strategies, and
  Applications Oral Communication
• K.7.2 Share information and ideas, speaking in
  complete, coherent sentences.

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Child 2 - Audition

• Goal Child will correctly perceive consonants
  that differ by place cues in 80 of trials.
• Goal Child will recall two critical elements in
  message with 80 accuracy.

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Child 2 - Audition

• Example of state standard these goals support
• ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS Reading, Word
  Recognition, Fluency, and Vocabulary Development
  Phonemic Awareness
• K.1.12 Listen to spoken sentences and recognize
  individual words in the sentence listen to
  words and recognize individual sounds in the
  words.

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Child 2 Articulation/Audition

• Goal Child will perceive and produce Ling Step
  1 and Step 2 phonemes in initial position of
  syllables in 80 of trials.

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Child 2 Articulation/Audition

• Example of state standard this goal supports
• LISTENING AND SPEAKING Skills, Strategies, and
  Applications Oral Communication
• K.7.2 Share information and ideas, speaking in
  complete, coherent sentences.