When you’re reviewing your child’s IEP goals, what should you be looking for to determine if they have been met? How can you tell if the goals are appropriate to begin with?

Vickie and I discuss the importance of not only understanding IEP goals that are created for your child but also knowing how to measure the progress of those goals.

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What We Discuss in This Episode:

• Where do IEP goals come from and where to even begin putting them together?
• The importance of reviewing past data in determining new goals
• What to look for when reviewing prior goals
• Understanding the fidelity of the student’s learning data
• How writing more specific baseline requirements as part of the goals make a huge difference
• Despite having access to a bank of IEP goals, it’s crucial for your child’s goals to be individualized to him/her
• What should you do if a progress report states that a benchmark is met, however it’s not clear as to what was met 
• The terms of measurement to determine if IEP goals have been met and progress made
• When presented with reports from teachers, parents can and should ask for stronger evidence
• How to handle a report if it states that a goal is “not met as written?”

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