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[quote=Anonymous][quote]You quoted the wrong person. I am the PP -school psychologist and that is not what I wrote. I wrote that that the emphasis should be on reading decoding and fluency, and separate oral language/listening comprehension goal should be written first. You kept getting bogged down with reading comprehension. The student is currently in kindergarten. I wouldn't work on reading comprehension for a kinder student who is not reading fluently. The precursor to reading comprehension is reading decoding/fluency plus adequate listening comprehension/oral language.  I agreed with the special education teacher that fine- you can divide up the goal in three but if the child can't decode and read fluenctly you never will be able to tell if the child can use the proper vocabulary, sequencing, and making connections.  A speech and language therapist needs to be involved if vocabulary and sequencing are weak.  So that is what I mean by who cares if the goal is divided, I don't think it is an appropriate goal for a [b]student who is currently in kindergarten. [/b] The speech therapist mentioned more services, is the child getting speech and language services?[/quote]

Thank you for the clarification. When you wrote that you agreed with the special ed teacher, it seemed you were agreeing that poorly written goals were acceptable and that the parent should accept the way the goal is written - 'not get bogged down'.  I'm saying that well written goals do make a difference and parents are capable of identifying poorly written ones.

OP's question specifically related to reading comprehension - vocabulary, sequencing and making connections.  I'm not bogged down with it, I am responding to her specific question.  You are assuming that OP's DS isn't reading fluently and decoding.  You don't know that and without additional information regarding her child's current level of performance, there's no point in speculating what he needs or what is an appropriate goal for his grade level.  A child can be above grade level and still have an IEP.  You are also the only one who has mentioned a speech therapist.  OP hasn't indicated whether one is involved or not.

Again, these exchanges reinforce our belief that we're best served by using a consultant - someone who really studies the evaluations, understands the challenges our children have, knows what the school can and should be doing and works to get what's best for the child - and understands the importance of well written, appropriate, relevant goals.  As parents, we're too often dismissed as having insufficient expertise in or understanding of education.  It's shame but it's seems pretty common.[/quote]

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