Elizabeth Lopez

Introduction to Special Education 203

I.E.P Document

Saturday December 5, 2020

Areas of Strength:

Samatha’s Eligibility Category is: ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder

1. Samantha is satisfactory in identifying letters and colors

2. Samantha is adequate in areas that use pictures

Areas of Need

3. Samantha needs help with writing.

4. Samantha needs help with arithmetic and shapes.

Writing Skills

5. ​Given a short sentence to trace, Samantha will trace the sentence by following and remaining

within the guided lines provided, with 80% accuracy.

6.​ Given a short sentence to copy Samantha will copy the sentence by using the visual word

guides for spelling and word spacing, while remaining within the guided lines, with 80%

accuracy.

Arithmetic

7. ​Given a real life picture of an object representing a specific shape and a choice of 5 shape

responses such as a hexagon,star, circle, square, triangle, Samantha will match the correct shape,

with 80% accuracy, in 4 out of 5 opportunities, by month, year.

8.​ Offering objects to tally up to 20, Samantha will autonomously/with verbal prompts, check to

recognize the right number to exhibit coordinated correspondence, with 80% exactness, in 4 out

of 5 chances, by month and year.

Word Problems

9.​ Samantha will need to match the appropriate word to its matching picture

Reading Comprehension
10. ​The teacher will allow the student to use assistive technology when communicating.

11. ​The teacher will provide Samantha with flash cards.

Cognitive Learning Skills

12. ​Samantha needs to learn how to adjust to a switched routine.

13.​ Samantha needs to learn how to share and communicate with her peers.

Environmental Accommodations

14​. Samantha will be seated next to the instructor.

15. ​Samantha will learn to work with her peers and be involved in group discussions.

Assessment Accommodations

16. ​Samantha will receive rewards when accomplishing assigned tasks.

17. ​Samantha will use assistive technology during test taking.

Social Skills

18.​ Smantha will raise their hand and wait to be called on before talking aloud in group settings

4/5 opportunities to do so.

19​. Samantha will work cooperatively with peers in small group settings (ie. Share materials,

allow peers to share different thoughts) 4/5 opportunities to do so

20​. Samantha will engage in cooperative social play interactions by allowing others to make

changes or alter the play routine 4/5 opportunities to do so.

Benchmarks:

Manuscript Writing

21. ​By 2021-2022 school year Samantha will be able to trace 8 letters achieving criteria of 80%

accuracy.

Cursive Writing
22.​ Samantha will soon be able to write in cursive using upper and lower case letters and have

the ability to identify both having 80% accuracy, measured by observation, documentation, and

teacher-made tests, as implemented by the Special Education Teacher, General Education

Teacher, and Teaching Staff.

ARITHMETIC

Benchmarks:

23​. Samantha will expand her useful number related aptitudes in the regions of time and cash by

showing comprehension of extended time and slipped by time autonomously with 80% precision

and paying for times making change freely up to $2.00 with 75% exactness.

Word Problems

BENCHMARKS:

24.​Samantha will improve his/her skills in comprehension of figurative language, multiple

meaning words and perspective taking in structured tasks to a level of 10% improvement from

baseline data.

READING COMPREHENSION

Benchmarks:

25.​ Samantha will use previously taught comprehension strategies before, during and after

reading a given passage to build text meaning and achieve an average comprehension score of

70% on assessed readings.

COGNITIVE LEARNING SKILLS

Benchmarks:
26.​ Given direct instruction, practice and visual support, Samantha will successfully demonstrate

two new social skills per quarter including, recognizing, expressing and regulating emotions,
conversational repair, and non verbal cues at a level of 25% accuracy. Skills will be determined

quarterly by the IEP team.

SOCIAL SKILLS
Benchmarks:
27. ​Samantha will increase his/her social communication skills by refining three or more social

skills, for example, turning to see teachers when moving, interacting at age appropriate levels

during free choice. It is necessary to function in the classroom as demonstrated during classroom

activities on three out of four days of interactions.

Implementing and Monitoring:

28​. Ms. Lopez will work with Samantha for 2 hours and observe her

29. ​Ms. Lopez will write down notes on the improvement that is made and needed.

30.​ Samantha will be able to share new concepts with her peers and her mother.