EDSP 407 Writing Quality IEPs Step 1 Questions
Here are assessment data for Samuel, a fourth-grade student with intellectual disabilities who is learning in the general curriculum. Your task is to summarize the data
into a brief but descriptive Present Levels of Academic Achievement Functional Performance (PLAAFP) for Samuel’s IEP.
Achievement Testing
Math Calculation: 9/10 one-digit addition and subtraction correct; 0/10 two-digit and one-digit without renaming correct; 0/5 multiplication and division correct.
Written expression: Dictates simple sentences when given a subject, 5/5 correct; writes simple sentences when given a subject, 0/5 correct.
Functional Skills Assessment
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Self-Help Skills: Correctly selects his backpack in a group of others but does not place school materials in the backpack without prompting. Uses the restroom independently but does not fasten pants or wash hands without reminding.
Socialization:
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tarts, joins, and maintains a conversation with peers but does not end a conversation without prompting; interrupts others in their conversations.
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Write PLAAFP for Samuel:
__Samuel can properly function on his own and does not need help doing every day task. For each incomplete or poorly written PLAAFP statement below, indicate the common errors. 2. PLAAFP statement: “Kingston [14-year-old boy] initiates and sustains conversations
with peers and can call his friends on the telephone.” Error: There is nothing telling about Kingstons sturuggles.
3. PLAAFP statement: “Evangeline [9-year-old girl with specific learning disabilities in reading] writes all uppercase and lowercase letters in
isolation and in words. She does not form closed letters correctly. Her penmanship skills
inhibit her progress in the general writing curriculum.”
Error: There needs to be more information about Evangeline’s strengths.
4. PLAAFP statement: “McCoy [6-year-old boy] is often out of control and is unhappy with school.”
