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Identifying Realistic ADHD IEP Goals

By Maria Reed


Public schools in the U. S. Have a legal obligation to provide special services to students who meet the outlined criteria for these programs. The federal government mandates that students with intellectual or behavioral challenges be provided with tailored learning programs that will help them adapt and function properly in and out of the classroom. As a parent, you are encouraged to be a part of the process of identifying and adapting ADHD IEP goals that your student can realistically meet.

These milestones most often are developmental markers that will put your student on par with his or her peers. The primary basis of any special education program involves helping students become more independent so they can sit in a classroom and learn and participate like their classmates. To meet these markers, however, services that range from speech therapy to cognitive and occupational therapy may be required first.

Teachers and therapists are trained to recognize signs of learning disabilities and behavioral challenges. However, they often rely on direct input from parents before finalizing any special programs or plans to get the student back on track. Your input is needed because you know firsthand what your pupil is capable of learning at any given time. You also know what triggers could set off a tantrum or cause him or her to stop communicating.

Your participation in the meetings, which are held at least two if not three times per academic year, can be crucial to adapting milestones and identifying other markers that perhaps are more line with what your student is capable of achieving. By law, no plan of action can be implemented without your permission. You are encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity to have a direct say in your child's education.

These consultations also will be times when the plans for your student will be adapted or drastically altered. Each milestone that is met must be eliminated from the documentation and replaced with a new goal that the student can achieve within the academic year. The federal law allows for plans to be fluid and changed as often as necessary to fall in line whatever your son or daughter needs during the school year.

If you have avoided these meetings in the past out of fear of being asked to pay for the services, you may appreciate knowing the services are provided free to public education students. Only those students with federal or state subsidized health coverage will be asked for copies of their insurance cards. The state and federal government both will remit payment for the services in these instances.

Children and young adults under the age of 21 are eligible for them depending on the severity of their challenges. People who are severely impaired often receive them until they turn 21. Other students are provided these plans until they turn 18 or graduate high school. The teachers and counselors in charge can tell you more.

An IEP establishes realistic academic and behavioral goals for children with unique needs like ADHD. These services have to be provided to students in public schools by law. Parents are important to the planning and adaption process.




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