Second trimester report cards came home today. Above is how Honeybunches did. I'm proud of any progress he makes. This time it was in:
"Reading and Literature: Comprehends inferential meaning (implied, not stated) of texts went from just Modified to Beginning to develop standard (Not yet able to produce grade level work);
Math: "Organizes, displays and analyzes data" went from Beginning to develop standard not yet able to produce grade level work to Progressing toward standard (Producing grade level work with direction and assistance)";
He's meeting the grade level standard in Art and Gym. The rest of his grades don't show any changes since last trimester.
I got 3 of his progress reports too. The ones from his teacher, she said she'll send home next week. I got his counseling, speech and OT ones today though.
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In Counseling:
She states he: "Has difficulty positively expressing his feelings of frustration, anxiety and stress. He frequently uses verbal outbursts which become very disruptive to the class as well as limit his ability to complete work assigments. When feeling frustrated or overwhelmed, he continues to escalate until he is often asked to remove himself from the class to take a time out. He is not able to verbalize his feelings, instead uses disruptive, negative behaviors to gain attention. Despite these negative behaviors, he has been able to transition into counseling very well. He also participates in social skills lesson given to his class every other week. He has an incredible sense of humor and can be a very engaging young man..."
Goal: "___ will demonstrate the ability to verbalize his feelings associated with frustration, anxiety and stress in a positive manner in order to produce work representative of his ability."
Comments on benchmark/objective 1 (Learn 3 coping skills and utilize strategies 50% of the time in order to help him appropriately express his feelings of frustration, anxiety and stress and reduce his disruptive behaviors during the class) say "___ continues to work on identifying and appropriately verbalizing his feelings. He continues to struggle with the comprehension of his feelings, which in turn hindered successful peer interactions. Continued work in this area would be beneficial..."
Comments on benchmark/objective 2 (Will participate appropriately during social skills group 50% of the time) say "He continues to struggle in the larger group setting and often removes himself from the classroom's social skills lesson. Continued work in this area for ___ to remain in the class and participate would be beneficial."
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Speech and Language:
She reports how recently he has missed many sessions due to refusal to attend or that he is sleeping at the time of his session; . "His sleeping was usually in the morning so speech time was moved to afternoon. Since the time change, he has not been sleeping, however, has refused to come on 2 occasions." She also states how he "Continues to make improvements in all areas of his communication... is increasingly cooperative and participates more fully in speech language therapy activities...articulation skills are within age level expectations...tendency to mumble and use a rapid rate of speech which impacts his intelligibility at times..."
Goal: "___ will demonstrate increases in expressive and receptive language skills to improve communication across all educational settings"
Comments on benchmarks/objectives:
1. (Will expand his vocabulary, understanding and usage by identifying synonyms/antonyms and provide definitions of words presented in 4 of 5 opportunities) He is working on increasing his vocabulary knowledge and usage by making associations of parts of a whole with 56% accuracy, and completing analogies for 71% of given opportunities.
2. (Will produce verbal and written forms of complex sentences in 4 out of 5 given opportunities):
Continues to work on producing verbal more complex sentences, by using picture prompts for parts of speech and sentence structures.
3. (Will state the main idea, paraphrase and answer a variety of WH questions, following verbal and self read presentation of material and increasing length and complexity with 80% accuracy)
States the main idea 67% of presented short oral stories, he is paraphrasing, with assistance and he answers WH questions about verbally presented materials and self-read with 77% accuracy.
4. (Will complete 3-4 step complex directions involving a variety of conditional, sequential, temporal and locational concepts with 80% accuracy)
Follows 3 step directions of increased complexity 5 out of 7 presented sets of directions.
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OT:
She wrote:
He "has made great strides in all learning domains, but especially the development of frustration tolerance and work ethic. He is a self-responsible learner who is proud of his many accomplishments... His rough copy is legible to himself and a familiar reader... Computer skills continue to improve to where he can use a 2 handed hunt and peck approach to both type final copy and compose 8-10 wpm... He tends to over or under focus on mistakes, which can slow his pace..." (This one was lengthy so I didn't write everything it says such as the details of what he's working on, etc.
Goal: "Will demonstrate improved paper/pencil and computer skills in order to complete daily writing tasks legibly at his expected academic level".
Comments on Benchmarks/Objectives:
1. {Using a 2 hand "Hunt and peck approach" to keyboarding he will type final copies of written compositions up to 10 sentences, with increasing attention to details of punctuation, capitalization and spelling, 80% of trials (Typing tests and work samples)}
She said "He continues to work on this objective, with decreased adult intervention at his request. OT assists as needed with editing, grammar and syntax, but generally he needs only about 5-7 cues per session. He often insists on using only one hand, but this does not reduce speed of composing. He is an excellent typist which is the best method of producing legible compositions.
2. Will type 10-20 wpm {(Using a hunt and peck 2 hand approach) when composing rough drafts of assigned written compositions 80% of trials (Typing tests and work samples)}
She says he "Types 16+ wpm and continues to develop his ability to think and type. This quarter he needs cue to use both hands... Met 75% at 16 wpm.
3. {Given adapted worksheets as needed, he will size and space numbers correctly on math assignments, legibly to himself and a familiar reader, 80% of trials.}
He prefers to use math worksheets rather than any adaptations. He does best and output is more legible to himself and a familiar reader when cued to slow down. His 1:1 aide follows through with all recommendations on a daily basis.
She said "He has been consistantly cooperative and happy, demonstrating a great sense of play and humor, especially with written compositions. He now prefers to complete work/journals without cuing or scaffolding from this OT. He continues to make steady consistent progress in all domains and when focused, is a responsible hard worker.... He continues to make steady progress in the visual motor domain. He is a delight to work with. It is anticipated that he will most definitely meet all objectives by the end of this IEP, as he has made such progress."
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I didn't receive his educational or behavioral goals from his teacher. She said she'll get those to me next week, as she had a doctor appointment and had to leave early today.
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