Special Education

Students With Intellectual Disabilities
A Resource Guide for Teachers

IEP Goals	Regular Class Activities
IEP Goals	Arrival	Journal Writing	Recess	Language Arts	Lunch
Develop Social Skills	Practice greeting people by name	Use communication book with teacher assistant	Participate in organized games	take part in co-op reading group	Practice courtesy rules during eating and socializing.
Improve decision Making	Choose place in line	Pick topic from communication book.	Pick between two games	Choose book for group to read.	Decide order to eat food
Staying on Task	Complete routine of storing belongings	Stay on task for 10 minutes	Stay with the game chosen	Remain in groups during activity	Finish lunch and remain seated for 15 minutes
Participating in Group Activities	Enter with classmates	N/A	Play with classmates	Answer questions about story using comm. book	Help with clean up groups
Lengthen Interacting Behaviour	Extend greeting to interaction with comm. book	Connect comm. from two pages in the comm. book	Stay with game as long as peers do	Use more than one page in book to answer questions	N/A

IEP Goals	Regular Class Activities
IEP Goals	Physical Education	Social Studies	Science	Dismissal
Develop Social Skills	Practice taking turns.	Work at centre with peer helper.	Work at centre with peer helper.	Line up with friends to wait for parent
Improve decision Making	N/A	Decide between two centres.	Decide between two centres.	Choose who to stand with in line
Staying on Task	Stay in group for activity	Stay in each center for at least 10 minutes	Stay in each center for at least 10 minutes	Complete routines of retrieving all belongings and take work home
Participating in Group Activities	Play with peers	Peer pairs	Peer pairs	Exit with classmates
Lengthen Interacting Behaviour	Practice gesture communication with peers in group.	Increase peer session to 15 minutes	Increase peer session to 15 minutes	N/A