Using Smart Goals & IEP = To IMprove Outcomes

Use SMART Goals and IEP to improve outcomes Today!

Using SMART Goals and IEP to improve outcomes is an important skill for all educators working with children with autism spectrum disorder.

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Discussed in this Episode:

How to apply from Early Years to Post School Options

✅  IEPs. (Individualised Education Plan) 

✅ SMART Goals

✅  Planning

Read along if you have my new MEGA Book pages 88-91 and harness SMART Goals and IEP to improve outcomes!

Step 1: Update  on Progress

This should include:

  • Academic strategies and progress
  • Communication strategies and progress
  • Physical health and needs
  • Independence skills, including building capacity to study and self-care independently
  • Social skills and peer connections
  • General emotional well being
  • Self-regulation and behaviour skills
  • Time and frequency of support staff or services

Step 2 : SMART Goals

The most important part of any IEP is arguably the list of goals the student it aiming to achieve. This can be the hardest part for parents and teachers to craft effectively. As a general guide, IEP goals should be SMART goals.

Specific

Make the goals small and achievable ie. sit for 2 minutes at mat time, then build up to 5, 10, 15 over the year.

 

Measurable

Progress towards the goal must be objectively measurable. Avoid phrases like “improved attitude” “often distracted” as these words can be misleading and confusing and can’t be measured for progress. Use measurable terms that use time and specific behaviour “off task for 15minutes, two or three times a day”

 

Attainable

Take into account the students ASD, learning style and disability

 

Realistic

Teachers often have 30 students in a class. What is realistic? Let’s do the maths. 30 students in one hour that is 2 minutes/student, then take away time for group instruction. If you are lucky you have one minute for the student. What will that minute look like? Another example: Many students with ASD find homework really difficult and families find it really stressful to complete! Is this important? What is your goal?

 

Time

The goal will be achieved by time/date (What can you do this term).

Step 3 : Resources & Strategies

What strategies and resources do we need to implement our SMART goals and best support this student?

  • Apply for additional hours of support services (if applicable)
  • Any further reports/assessments required
  • Curriculum Modifications – Adjustments, Supports etc

What are the skills & resources that we need?

  • Obtain a range of books to Support Staff or Families/Carers
  • Sensory Tools or Resources
  • Professional Development for Staff or Families/Carers. See online courses or face to face workshops near you. 

PLanning & Approaches to TEaching

 

This applies to all ages and stages:

 

1. What is the Goal?

2. Where are they now?

3. Knowledge and Skills to be Taught?

4 .What Supports are Needed?

 

Approaches to Teaching

  • Location
  • Step by Step
  • Make Tasks Easier

 

Excerpt A Manual to Provide Support & Care (pg 44 – 48)

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Exert Page 59 Visual Learning by Jodi Lee

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My other Podcasts mentioned this week :

Episode 105: Occupational Therapist shares 3 Key Strategies to Improve Motor Skills in ALL Kids

In this podcast Paediatric Occupational Therapist Sally McNamara (Lewis) shares her 3 key strategies to improve motor skills in ALL children.

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All these questioned and more answered in this podcast!

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There are so many resources now available to help teach and care for children on the autism spectrum and it can be difficult to know which ones will be the most helpful – and this is a question I am most often asked. So here is my TOP 10 RECOMMENDED TOOLS for you at school or at home!

For those of you looking for support in understanding autism spectrum and the children you work with, as well as strategies for behaviour support, these resources are perfect. And if you are looking to build your professional library, these books will be perfect for you.

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