Sasha is a 4-year-old girl who recently enrolled in the Little Catalysts ELC. She has a rare and severe form of Muscular Dystrophy and uses a wheelchair for mobility. In cooperation with Cassie (Sasha’s mother), the educators are developing an Individual Education Plan (IEP) for Sasha so she can achieve her goals and desired learning outcomes as well as feel a strong sense of belonging and connection to the service
You talk with Cassie about how you would like to develop an IEP for Sasha that has her feel a strong sense of belonging and connection in the service, and that you’d like to plan activities that would be of interest to Sasha. To do this, you’ll need to conduct a series of observations, details of which you’ll share with Cassie to keep her up to date, “Are you okay for us to go ahead and conduct some observations?” you ask Cassie. She’s very happy for you to go ahead and feels warmly welcomed by the effort you and the other educators are going to in order to include Sasha as an integral member of the Little Catalysts ELC Community. Over the next week your educators will gently observe Sasha through daily routines and learning activities, from which you can collaborate with Cassie and Theo and as a team, develop an IEP that will inform how you program and plan for learning activities and design curriculum to include Sasha’s goals too.
A.Review the essential components of an IEP and list five (5) key areas of information included in an IEP plan. ()
