If you are writing a plan to ensure that your students will be successful, you will want to make sure that your goals are based on the student's past performance and that they are stated positively. Goals/statements must be relevant to the student's needs. Start slowly, choosing only a couple of behaviors at a time to change. Be sure to involve the student, this enables him/her to take responsibility and be accountable for his/her own modifications. Be sure to provide some time to enable the student to track and or graph his/her successes.
To Develop Skills to Support and Improve Comprehension for Information Presented Orally:
Assist with extending vocabulary by providing clarification of new concepts and terms.
Develop and promote the understanding beyond the literal level.
Provide opportunities to practice comprehension skills through using context, predicting outcomes, stating expectations in their own words.
The student will let the teacher know when they become confused.
Present information in short and simple sentences and the student will repeat in their own words.
Make use of alternative nodes including visual cues.
The student will learn the difference between statements, questions, and commands.
NOTE:
Write goals that can be measured, be specific as to the duration or the circumstance under which the goal will be implemented and use specific time slots when possible. Remember, once the IEP is written, it is imperative that the student is taught the goals and fully understands what the expectations are. Provide him/her with tracking devices, students need to be accountable for their own changes.
