*Steven
Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance: Steven is a four-year-old boy diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder. His placement is in an Early Childhood classroom. He is able to understand and comprehend when spoken to, but does not communicate his needs consistently. When choices are simplified and broken into steps, Steven will try to communicate wants and needs. Peer interactions are limited.
Annual goal: Steven will use a picture board or voice output device to
express wants and needs to adults and peers in both home and school at least
four times each day.
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| (picture board used to help students with verbal difficulties communicate appropriately) |
Since Steven's goal is to express his needs and wants 4 out of 5 times in both the home and school setting everyday, the communication board (as shown above) can help him greatly with this task. When Steven feels like he needs to communicate to an adult, he will simply find the picture card that best fits his particular want or need at that time and velcro it to the board to let the adult know that that's his request at that time. Steven knowing that he can communicate by physically moving the picture card to the spot can greatly improve his ability to communicate his needs/wants 4 out of 5 times.
Resources:
Reed, P., & Lahm, E. (2004, January 1). Chapter 9-Documenting Assistive Technology into the IEP. Assessing Student's Needs for Using Assistive Technology. Retrieved October 30, 2013, from http://dpi.wi.gov/files/sped/pdf/at-wati-asnat.pdf
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