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samedi 7 février 2015

How To Design IEP For Autism Pupils

By Beryl Dalton


Educating a child with autism requires special attention to his or her areas of difficulty in order to identify how to impart the skills. An individualized education plan takes such challenges into consideration since each child has unique needs. Designing IEP for autism children guarantees quality education regardless of the severity of the condition.

There are targets for every education year. They are identified when designing the personalized plan and necessary measures taken to ensure that they are achieved. Because of the condition, special education plans must be made and specified objectives met. It is the plan that will outline how these objectives are to be met.

Evaluation forms part of performance testing. Any plan must include how progress in achieving the stipulated goals will be evaluated. It is developed by a team made up of education officials, parents and teachers involved in the life of a child. The document is legal and valid in the education sector.

A criterion has been identified to guide planners in developing IEPs for affected children. It is mandatory to include one or both parents in the team. A teacher must form part of this team or the teacher who is expected to take charge of the session being considered during planning. Personnel from the education regulators should be present for guidance and quality assurance.

Children who can handle such a discussion can be invited into the meeting. The presence of other parties is allowed as long as there is consensus between all the parties involved. They may include a physician, advocate, neighbor or any party that will help in developing a better plan. The team should discuss their inclusion in advance.

All individualized education plans must focus on specific deficit areas for the child and set particular objectives. There are specific skills that should be considered during planning. Social skills like understanding their own emotions and those of others should be considered. The child should also understand body languages of other people and monitor their own.

Plans for a child with autism should include understanding facial expressions especially during a conversation. Plan to teach initiation of social situations and responding when other people initiate the same. Pragmatic language should be taught. The language covers holding conversations from the start to the end. A child needs to learn problem solving and adapting to new conversations.

Planners should consider skills necessary for self regulation like learning various relaxation techniques and utilizing them in life. It is necessary to teach the child how to request for a break in case she or he is exhausted. The break may be requested verbally or using a break card.

There are work and organizational skills that must be included in any plan for it to be successful. They include paying attention to task, finishing them and working independently. The child needs to understand how to transition from one task to the other. Restricted interests skills like accepting mistakes of self and others, flexibility and attention on preferred and non-preferred subjects activities are necessary.




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