Iep Observation Report Sample

I observed an IEP meeting for one of my students who has a TBI, traumatic brain injury. She just moved to this school district last year, so this was a follow-up IEP meeting to see how she was doing on her short-term objectives and overall goal. They also talked about transitioning her into high school, because she is in 8th grade now. The People who attended the meeting were the DAPE teacher, the mom, the student, the three special education teachers, the para-professional, and case manger.

The student is apart of the special education program at her school. She attends general physical education classes Monday through Thursday and then DAPE on Fridays. She also has a Para-professional with her at all times, but the Para also has two other students.

Because of her TBI she has

seizers regularly, which makes her miss a lot of school. She has multiple medications, but during this meeting they were discussing all the positive attributes that she had this year compared to last. She is socializing with other students and really trying with the each subject. The mom said that was due to the one medication that they took away. The mom didn’t like what it did to the student, so over the summer the eased her off and everyone are noticing a wonderful difference in all aspects of school. The medication just sedated her and was making her fall more behind in school, also she was being socially active and that’s not good in a new school. Now she is making new friends.
Another topic was the mom wanted the student to have a one-on-one Para-professional with her at all times.

Right now she has a Para that has the student as her main student, but she also cares for two other students. The mom is scared for her daughter and for the other two students safety. One example they gave was that during the fire drill last week, the student seized as all the other students were out of the building and the Para had to help the other students too. Another example is that the student seized when about to enter the pool and she almost smack her head. When they were talking about this topic I really started to think what I would do in the situation. This student seizes everyday the mom says, so that is a huge safety concern. I think she should have one, but at they meeting they were saying that the mom is really going to have to fight for this. Which reminded me of the Dear Collage letter and how the parent has to be the biggest advocator for their child, if they want it done right. I believe this mom will, because you could see her concern not only for her child but the other children that would be unintended in a situation when the student does have a

seizer.
For transitioning her into high school, the special education teachers asked the mom if she agreed that the student should not take the placement tests. They explained the test, as it was a pre-ACT test. They mom also agreed, because the student tends to get frustrated easily with these long test. When she gets frustrated or anxiety it tends to cause the seizers. They mention that they think the student should try the summer program to get use to the school, so she doesn’t get anxiety when she starts her freshmen year. The mom also agreed. The last thing they mentioned about transitioning to high school was that they think he student should take the LABS class when attending the high school. The LABS class is a class where students figure out what skills they are good at and what jobs would go with that skill. This school district starts their transitioning program at 14 or freshmen year. The LABS course has over 200 (maybe more) skills they can try and test out, to help with the transitioning processes. My favorite part was that when your walk into the LABS classroom they have a clock-in/ clock-out station, so the student has to do that everyday to hold them reliable.
For the DAPE aspect of the IEP meeting, they DAPE teacher said to the mom and other people attended that “ The student is really comprehending and demonstrating skills, also socializing well in General PE as well as DAPE. One thing she needs to work on is tactics of game play. Like she will need reminding of who’s on her team or what position she is playing. The DAPE teacher also helps with Special Olympics floor hockey and soccer (which the student is in) and she mention that she can tell that has helped her in PE. Another thing she mentioned was that she always has an one-on-one Para when swimming in the pool, because that is a huge safety concern.
I observed her that same day in DAPE before the IEP meeting and she was the most skilled in the class. You also could tell how she enjoyed physical education, which makes me excited for this profession.