Writing Measurable IEP Goals and Objectives

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Summary: Excellent step-by-step guidance
Review: If you are involved in education and in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process in particular, this book may be a lifesaver. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) an Individual Education Plan (IEP) is required for those individuals with a disability. How to write an IEP that complies with the law is the crux of this book.

The IEP goals are required to be measurable, an item that educators often think they have covered when in fact they have not. The authors do an excellent job of detailing how to document the Present Level of Performance (PLOP), Objectives, and Goals.

The last half of the book contains sample Best Practice PLOPs, Objectives, and Goals. Although it is filled with acronyms (as are most texts involving government regulation) at least they define each of them before proceeding to use them. For those involved with the IDEA and the IEP process in particular and feeling overwhelmed with the legal requirements "Writing Measurable IEP Goals and Objectives" can bring some relief by providing much needed guidance on how to meet the needs of the students while complying with the IDEA.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent step-by-step guidance
Review: If you are involved in education and in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process in particular, this book may be a lifesaver. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) an Individual Education Plan (IEP) is required for those individuals with a disability. How to write an IEP that complies with the law is the crux of this book.

The IEP goals are required to be measurable, an item that educators often think they have covered when in fact they have not. The authors do an excellent job of detailing how to document the Present Level of Performance (PLOP), Objectives, and Goals.

The last half of the book contains sample Best Practice PLOPs, Objectives, and Goals. Although it is filled with acronyms (as are most texts involving government regulation) at least they define each of them before proceeding to use them. For those involved with the IDEA and the IEP process in particular and feeling overwhelmed with the legal requirements "Writing Measurable IEP Goals and Objectives" can bring some relief by providing much needed guidance on how to meet the needs of the students while complying with the IDEA.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Not as helpful as I had hoped. Equivalent information is widely available on the internet.

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Summary: "Writing Measurable IEP Goals and Objectives,"
Review: They've provided an excellent guide that promotes, example by example, clear thinking and communication in IEPs. The book is one of those rare birds that is both theoretically sound and practically grounded. Directors of special education should distribute copies to each and every special education teacher in their LEAs. Professors of education should require this book in their students' first course about special education and
have them refer back to it throughout their teacher education programs.

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Summary: Writing Measurable IEP Goals and Objectives
Review: This text is designed to give deeper insight into the utility of individualized education programs (IEPs) as a more effective way to encourage learning on the part of each student than the often used group approach. The IEP approach, as highly individualized as it is stimulates learning in each student so that the group as a whole achieves a growing edge rather than a forced mass learning approach. The ingenuity of each student will not only be tapped but act as a catalyst in giving insight into personal achievement as a constant stimulant to more learning. The text is divided into three areas. These are (1) About Goals and Objectives/Benchmarks (Go/Bs) (2) Writing Goals and Objectives/Benchmarks (Go/Bs) and Sample PLOPs, Objectives, Goals. A 1997 Federal Law mandates compliance with the individuals and Disabilities Education Act(commonly called IDEA). This law gives protection to every eligible child who has a disability. It is designed to make a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) available to every child who has a disability. The child is enabled to move from the present levels of performance (PLOT) so that special education students can move at the pace of the majority. This enables the handicapped to be more self-sufficient in their life style. About half of the text is used to portray a variety of examples of how students moved from their present levels of performance to equality with the non-handicapped students and the value that this ultimately is for the total society. With the expanding population the ratio of the handicapped to the non-handicapped will grow so it is valuable to have insight into how to minimize the problem to ward off greater problems.