Creating Stronger IEP Goals and Accommodations for the SLP
When: Tuesday, November 5th
Time: 8:30am – 11:30am
Location: Online via Zoom
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Creating Stronger IEP Goals and Accommodations for the SLP
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
8:30am – 11:30pm
Members: $250.00
Non-Member – $300.00
Group Pricing Available
Description
Historically, Speech Pathologists have been instructed to incorporate the SMART IEP model
when writing their IEP goals and objectives. For whatever reason(s), this does not always occur
when one is charged with reviewing the IEP language of any particular school district. Today’s
presentation will begin with a short review of the essential components of a SMART
goal/benchmark objectives and why our efforts can miss the mark.
The Presenter’s focus when writing any category of a Speech/Language/Social goal, is to create
a goal that is more functional in nature, resulting in a goal that is more personally relevant to a
student’s specific needs. The Presenter will provide numerous examples of a weaker goal that
can be easily rewritten using language that is measurable, functional and data collection
friendly. This activity will include goal writing in the areas of articulation, comprehension of
language, verbal expression and social pragmatics/social communication. Participants will be
given the opportunity to ask for help on how to write a particular goal that is often challenging
for them.
The section of today’s presentation on IEP accommodations is designed to create a “bank” of
accommodations that the Speech Pathologist can quickly reference when contributing to the
accommodation section of an IEP. These accommodations will take into account a student’s
cognitive challenges (working memory, attention, auditory processing) in addition to the more
traditional speech and language challenges. Targeted case studies will be presented
throughout this discussion to illustrate the creative yet still appropriate, accommodations that
can be included in a student’s IEP.
Presenter
Gina England, MA, CCC-SLP
Learner Outcomes
- Participants will verbalize at least 3 characteristics of a SMART IEP goal
- Participants will identify why Bloom’s Taxonomy is a valuable resource for SLP goal writing
- Participants will cite a minimum of three areas in which classroom accommodations can be
recommended (e.g. setting, timing, response, presentation, scheduling)
Agenda
8:30am – 8:35am Introduction to Goal Writing
8:35am – 8:40am Defining SMART Goals
8:40am – 8:45am Utilization of Cog-comm Language with Goal Writing
8:45am – 9:35am ACTIVITY – Turning Weak Goals into Strong Goals
9:35am – 10:00am Review of Bloom’s Taxonomy and Its Relevance
10:00am – 10:05am Introduction to Developing an Accommodations Bank
10:05am – 10:10am Inclusion of Cognitive-based Accommodations in addition to the More
Traditional Speech and Language-based Accommodations
10:10am – 10:25am The (5) Primary Academic Areas that House Our Accommodations
10:25am – 10:30am Brief Review of Academic Modifications
10:30am – 11:10am In Depth Review of Existing Resources that Assist in Building an
Accommodations Bank
11:10am – 11:20am Creative Examples of Accommodations
11:20am – 11:30am Questions and Answers
About the Presenter
Gina England is a Speech/Language Pathologist who has practiced in New Hampshire since
1981. She has worked all along the medical continuum of care including acute care, acute
inpatient rehab, outpatient, day treatment, SNF and home health. Her areas of interest and
specialty include cognitive rehabilitation, dysphagia, adult acquired apraxia and post-
concussion syndrome. She has been a national presenter on topics concerning cognitive-
communication disorders, dysphagia and post- concussion syndrome. She currently serves on
the Board of Directors for the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire and has served as
Adjunct Faculty for The University of New Hampshire, Granite State College and Nashua
Community College.
In 2011 she began to spread her horizons even further by venturing into private practice and is
enjoying the diversity of practice that this affords the speech pathologist. She thoroughly enjoys
conducting seminars/workshops on topics relevant to adult and pediatric rehabilitation. In 2012
she began a part time contract with the Wediko School; a private school that provides academic
instruction to male students whose significant social/emotional and behavioral problems
presented barriers to learning in the traditional public school system. She remained there until
2017. From 2016 through 2024 she has expanded her service provision to include the New
Hampshire Public School System, servicing students from preschool through high school. She
has found that her medical speech pathology background has been a valuable asset in helping
to identify the barriers to academic, communication and cognitive development in students of
all ages.
After 43 years of clinical practice, she continues to experience the joy in working as a speech and
language pathologist in all settings with all ages.
Gina England Disclosures:
Financial disclosure: Gina receives consulting fees from the Hopkinton, New Hampshire School District. She also is receiving an honorarium for this presentation from Accept Education Collaborative.
Non-financial disclosure: Gina serves on the Board of Directors for the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire.