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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid with ASD/ADHD has always had speech communication goals like

* participating and initiate conversation and maintain conversational
exchange.

*Respond  to interaction initiated by adults and or peers by giving
appropriate response.

Not sure why the label matters at all as long as the services and supports are appropriate and helps meet IEP goals.

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These are social communication based goals and do not move a child with a LANGUAGE-based communication problem forward. [/quote]

Correct.  These are appropriate social communication goals for a child who does not have any language issues.  Perhaps you can post examples of appropriate IEP goals for a child with language based communication issues to illustrate the difference.[/quote]

8:11 again.  Here are some IEP goals my DS has.

-Larlo will ask 2 relevant questions or comments to gain/clarify information or express his thoughts regarding someone else’s topic of the moment using correct word order ….. across settings.

-Given a social situation or picture, Larlo will generate content specific questions using content appropriate vocabulary…

-Given a social situation or picture, Larlo will generate content specific responses to questions from peers or the SLP using content appropriate vocabulary…

Notice that for these goals, DS isn't required to use grammatically correct sentences....we have other goals for that.  To me, it's very apparent how these differ from the goals a child with a social disorder would have and why it's important that my DS be viewed as a child with a language disorder rather than a child with ASD.  It's not that an ASD diagnosis would phase or bother me.  Rather, it wouldn't result in interventions/services/goals that address his language based social challenges.  [/quote]

Thank you.  That is helpful.  It makes sense to have more precise IEP goals using appropriate words if the child has issues with expressive language no matter under what educational label the IEP is under.

However, an IEP under "Autism" does not automatically mean that an IEP does not address speech language issues or pragmatic speech since an IEP is an "individual" education plan so it is important to "use the words" in IEP goals that will better address the challenges like you illustrate.[/quote]

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