1. Special Education 510
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SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT AND
PROGRAM PLANNING
SESSION 6
IEP SPECIAL FACTORS AND GOALS AND
BENCHMARKS

2. Special Factors
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 Strengths, interests
 Parent concerns
 Behavior (impedes learning of self and or
others) must address in IEP
 Requires FBA
 NAC has five elements needed to be addressed
in IEP
 Second Language
 need to be addressed in IEP
SPED 510 Spring 2012

3. Special Factors
 Visual impairment
 Braile or other needs
 Hearing impairment
 Communication needs
 Assistive technology
 Required to achieve goals and benchmarks
Spring 2012 SPED 510 3

4. Annual Goals
 Related to meeting the student’s needs that result
from the student’s disability to enable the student to
be involved in and progress in the general curriculum
 Meeting each of the student’s other educational
needs that result from the student’s disability

5. Annual Goals
 Must be measurable
 Set the general direction for instruction and
assist in determining specific courses
 Reflects the performance or behavior that can
be measured or observed
 Must meet needs identified in the present
levels
 What the student can reasonably be expected
to accomplish within one school year or the 12
month term

6. Annual Goals, Benchmarks
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 Steps to the goal
 Must be incremental
 Task analysis
 Must also be measurable to allow for progress
monitoring
SPED 510 Spring 2012

7. Annual Goals
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 Evaluative criteria
 Frequency, duration, distance, accuracy
 9 out of 10 trials, 80%, over 3 consecutive days, 5 trials
over a two week period.
 Procedures
 Written performance, time sample, teacher made tests,
observation
SPED 510 Spring 2012

8. Annual Goals
 Explains how far by when
 By annual review….will use writing organization strategies to
develop a 3 paragraph writing sample with 80% accuracy as
measured by work samples