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Self-Study Guide: Interpreting Results & Developing IEP objectives Due

by March 10th

Read Pages 21- 95 of the Scoring Instructions & IEP Development Guide and fill in

the answers to these questions.

What does Dr. Partington feel would be a more efficient strategy when

determining which skills to teach a child? (pg21

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Read Teaching Skills Across Repertoire Areas (p23). Give an example of a skill or

lesson that you can teach that crosses repertoire areas, list the skills that could be

worked on.

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How does Dr. Partington feel about teaching Academic Skills in relation to the Basic

Learner Skills? (p24)

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How do you feel about the comment, Without the development of many critical

language skills, the academic skills may not be useful to the child, and will not help

to ensure that the child will be able to learn new skills in a regular education

classroom. (p24) _______________________________________

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Teaching Self-Help Skills should be done in conjunction with what other two skills?

(p25)

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Complete this statement by Dr. Partington, Motor Skills ________________ be

incorporated into the instructional day in conjunction with, but not at the expense of

____________________ and the other ____________________. (p25)

Dr. Partington lists several sources of problems that occur in the development of

the actual IEP. What are they? (pg 27)

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What should the overall goal for the development of an IEP for a child with

language delays be? (pg 28)

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According to Dr. Partington an effective IEP will most often contain _____ to _____

instructional objectives. (pg 28)

Think about that, does that conflict with what you have been taught or have been

doing? Can you see his point? We will talk about it more in our 5th meeting.

The selection of the educational objectives for an individual child must be based

upon ________________________________________________. (p29)

What book does Dr. Partington recommend as an additional resource? (p29)_________________________________________________________________________________

Look to see if you have this book in your school or district lending library. Where is

it located? ________

What section of the assessment should the majority of the instructional objectives

come from? (p29)

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What proportion of objectives should come from the Basic Learner Skills Section?

(p29)_________________________________________________________________________________

Read about each area and record the number of objectives Dr. Partignton

recommends come from each section and make any additional notes. We will add

to this list when we meet again.

A. Cooperation & Reinforcer Effectiveness

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B. Visual Performance

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C. Receptive Language

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D. Motor Imitation

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E. Vocal Imitation (echoics)

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F. Requests (mands)

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G. Labeling (Tacts)

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H. Intraverbals

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I. Spontaneous Vocalizations

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J. Syntax & Grammar

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K. Play/Leisure Skills

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L. Social Interaction Skills

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M. Group Instruction

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N. Classroom Routines

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P. Generalized Responding

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Q-T. Academic Skills

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U-X. Self Help Skills

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Y. Gross Motor

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Z. Fine Motor

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While the ABLLS does not specifically address disruptive behaviors, should you

include objectives to address these concerns? Why? (p38)

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When developing an IEP, it is important to consider input from

________________________. (38)

Read through pages 41-54 & 55-75 that reviews an Early Learner ABLLS

Profile and an Advanced Learner ABLLS Profile.

Look at how they were able to write a present level of functioning statement based

off the data collected from each section.

Look at the objectives that were written. Are they clear and measurable?

What does Dr. Partington feel should be the emphasis of Sarahs educational

program? (p50)

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What four areas of the Basic Learning Skills section did Dr. Partington feel were not

appropriate for specific objectives? (p54)

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Why didnt they include objectives to develop reading, math and spelling skills?

(p54)

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Advanced Learner Profile Jason

Look at the different skills he has. Where do you see strengths or weaknesses? We

will talk about them more when we meet again.

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Read about the educational priorities for Jason. Did you see those connections

when looking at the chart? Can you see any connections like this with the child you

assessed?

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When objectives were being chosen did Dr. Partington recommend including any

academic objectives? (p74)

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What self-help skill does Dr. Partington feel needs to be addressed in both the homeand school environment? (p75)

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Appendix 1 contains information about what changes were made from the original

ABLLS to this Revised edition. It is interesting to read about how and why they

chose the objectives they did. Pages 77-81 are worth a quick read. I picked out a

few main points.

I found it interesting to see that the sample of students they used when making the

criteria included children as young as 2 years old. Can you picture administering

this to a 2 year old with developmental delays?

The selection of skills to be taught to a student must be done on an

______________________ . (p81)

Decisions regarding the selection of goals, objectives and learning tasks should be

made with the input of planning teams involving ____________ and

___________________________. (p81)

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At our next meeting we will review this information and I will

share additional information that Dr. Partington shared on the

DVD regarding choosing the educational priorities.