From the desks of our Behavior Coaches
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From the Desk of Shannon Watters
Just some Reminders of what to include in the Developmental and Functional performance portion of the PLAAFP:
Supporting Guidance:
- The student’s current levels of knowledge and development (strengths and challenges) in subject and skill areas, including as appropriate:
- Activities of functional living
- Level of intellectual functioning
- Adaptive behavior
- Expected rate of progress in acquiring skills and information
- Learning style
- Social development
- Physical development
- Management needs: nature and degree to what the student needs in the areas of environmental modifications, material resources, and human resources
- Description of proposed services as they relate to functional skills are going to be taught and/or how they have been taught
- Address progress on previous functional skills goals
AND
- Narrative that supports and explains the MOST RECENT testing data so it is understandable to parents and others
- State and District testing should be discussed
- Identify the instructional implication of evaluations
- Make it clear to all team members what the data means in relation to developmental/age level expectations; provide an explanation of what the scores mean
- If a student has no functional needs, strengths should still be identified
- Narrative should contain a statement of how the students’ functional needs impact his ability to make progress
- Information about the BIP/FBA could be included here
- Define acronyms or avoid using them.
Question that should be answered:
- What are the student’s unique needs that result from his or her disability?
- What is it that the student can or cannot do at this time?
- What are the student’s strengths in this area?
- What instructional and/or behavioral supports or services have been effective or not effective in addressing the need area in the past year?
- What accommodations and/or program modification or supplementary aids and services have been effective or not effective in addressing the need area in the past year?
- What instructional supports and services will likely be supported and used by the student?
- What are the implications of the most recent testing on the student’s progress/disability/etc. at this time?