Vanessa Furness

February 28, 2014

EDTE 532- IEP Summary

Exceptionality:

Designation Category
Q- Learning Disability
Strengths and Interests

Behavioural/Learning Needs
Athletic- strong gross motor coordination
Social- gets along with peers
Enjoys playing on the playground
Willing to work when one-to-one assistance is provided
Tries his best
Can dictate ideas when given scribe
Quiet, gentle, cooperative
Sensitive and caring
Overly concrete thinker
Weak fine motor skills, reversals and unconventional
spellings
Easily distracted, needs extra time, examples and
explanations
Significant weakness in short term memory
Significant delay in Language Arts and Mathematics
Needs strong in the moment support with all academic
tasks
Needs to be engaged in the lesson

Student Background/History:

Formal Assessment
Psychoeducational Assessment
Speech and Language Assessment

School Based Services
School Psychologist Assessment
Learning Assistance
Educational Assistant when possible

Individual Learning Outcomes:
Language Arts
LO- Student will increase reading and writing skills.

Math
LO- Student will learn and demonstrate greater number sense.


Goals/Objectives, Strategies, adaptations/modifications and Evaluations:
Math Language Arts
Goals/Objectives Learn times tables to 10
Increase his number sense to 50

Increase his reading level from PM
Benchmarks 16 to PM Benchmarks level
20
Write 4-5 sentences independently

Strategies Classroom practice
Multiplication chart
Practice at home
Multiplication games
Concrete manipulatives
Teach him to set up his page to begin
his math work
Reduce number of questions
Use a calculator
Use a multi-disciplinary approach to
reading
Listening to stories on the computer
Attempting to read the stories
Daily writing and printing practice at
home
Learn key boarding skills
Involvement in more cutting, drawing,
craft activities to improve fine motor
coordination
Copying words from the board in groups
of 3-4 letters

Evaluations Sample of work
Classroom quizzes
Classroom tests
Listening to student read on the
Benchmarks
Writing and printing samples
Materials/Resources Manipulatives
Repetition
Teaching and re-teaching
Extra time to internalize a concept
Touch Math program
Calculator
Daily support from classroom teacher
Learning assistance sessions 3 times per
week
Access to an EA if and when possible
Strong home reading program daily
Keyboarding practice

Adaptations
Presentation of Subject Matter Assignments Testing
Math concepts reviewed on-to-one,
lots of repetition
Multi-sensory learning
Instructions on board as well as
given orally
Directions/instructions reiterated
Check and re-check for
comprehension
Have student repeat instructions to
show understanding
Extra time, repetitions, examples
Scribe written work when necessary
Have student gradually write a few
words/sentences
Reading student
directions/instructions
Alternate books chosen for
literature circles
Spelling program modified
Allow extended time for
competition
Extra time provided for tests
EA reads tests questions aloud and
guides student as necessary
Eliminated spelling dictations
Modify tests to allow for success

Classroom Integration:

Will participate in all classroom projects with adaptations (as seen above)