Developing IEP Goals for Students with Hearing Loss: Speech, Language and Auditory Development

Audience: Teachers of the deaf, special education classroom teachers, itinerants, pediatric speech-language pathologists

Are you a teacher of the deaf or speech-language pathologist who writes IEP goals for students with hearing loss? Are you assessing the appropriate areas to determine specific needs? This half-hour, interactive course, “Developing IEP Goals for Students with Hearing Loss: Speech, Language and Auditory Development” takes you through the process of writing IEP goals using SMART criteria for children with hearing loss. (SMART goals are Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Relevant, Realistic and Time-bound). The course explores example goals and benchmarks for children of various ages from 3 to 12 years. It ends with a case study challenging you to apply what you just learned.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

• Describe an effective process for developing IEP goals for students with hearing loss.
• Identify the elements of a SMART goal that meet IEP requirements.
• Identify the categories of goals recommended for students with hearing loss.
• Select appropriate IEP goals for a case study.

Length:  Approximately 30 minutes

Continuing Education Credits

.5 LSLS CEUs, AG Bell Academy

Disclosure Statement

Andrea Osman, MSDE, MPPA
Financial: The presenter, Ms. Osman, is the Director of Admissions and Program Evaluation at CID – Central Institute for the Deaf.
Non-financial: No relevant non-financial relationship exists.

Functional assessments developed and published by CID – Central Institute for the Deaf — will be mentioned during this course. Other functional assessment products will not be discussed, but will be listed in the resource section for the information of the viewer.