Special educators must be proficient at more than simply teaching, planning, and addressing student concerns. A large portion of the special educator’s career will be spent creating, implementing, and...

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Special educators must be proficient at more than simply teaching, planning, and addressing student concerns. A large portion of the special educator’s career will be spent creating, implementing, and reviewing IEPs in meetings with families and other professionals. Most educators find that the present level of academic and functional performance (PLAAFP) is the most essential part of the IEP because it paints a picture of the student and guides the goals, services, accommodations, and modifications within the rest of the IEP. Once a solid PLAAFP is written, then appropriate, measurable and observable goals for the student must be written.



Part 1: Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP)


For this benchmark assignment, you will use the “Ana Case Study” to write a 250-500 word PLAAFP.


Your PLAAFP should include:



  • Student academic strengths

  • Evaluations

  • Performance in classes

  • Potential influences of language, culture, and family background

  • Strengths, preferences, and interests in nonacademic areas

  • Any other relevant issues



Part 2: Annual Goals


Write two measurable academic goals and two measurable behavioral goals for Ana. Each goal should include:



  • A specific, measurable skill/behavior to be achieved.

  • A specific measurement tool or assessment strategy for measuring performance on the goal.



Part 3: Rationale


Provide a 500-750 word rationale that clearly defends how each annual goal, assessment tool or strategy, and action steps are appropriate for Ana, based on the information and data in the PLAAFP.


In addition, using the “College of Education Professional Dispositions of Learners,” identify a disposition that you, as a special education teacher, would want to especially demonstrate with Ana and her family. Explain how this disposition would assist you in incorporating Ana’s language, culture, and family background into planning and delivering instruction that meets Ana’s academic and social-emotional development needs. In addition, what steps would you recommend to Ana, her family, and the IEP team for Ana to accomplish her goals?

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Sanjukta answered on May 12 2021
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Running Head: CASE STUDY 1
CASE STUDY
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Case study
Part 1: PLAAFP
The Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP) of Ana are as follows:
Strengths:
It has been observed that Ana had greatest foundational skill as she was the “model student” and she loved playing sports as well as she also desires to play. The intelligence level of Ana is at average and she also communicates excellently with the adults in turn making it easy for talking with the mom, teachers and grandmother (Nesbitt et al., 2015).
Performance in class
The performance in the class of Ana is affected by her absence. However, her attendance increased gradually from 8th to 9th grade. When Ana is present in the class she does not socialize with her friends but she communicates with her educators well. She cannot write full paragraphs but at the same time she can structure the sentences excellently.
Evaluations
The teachers of Ana administered IQ tests both nonverbal and verbal outcomes were Ana was quite average.
Influences of culture, language and the background of family
The family background of Ana is excellent as they are supportive and her mother always encourages her to attend her school on a daily basis. Ana has some male figures in her life but she has no such relationship with her father as indicated in the case study. Her mother is trying hard to break a cycle where in her family...
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