40 Documentation Terms for Special Education

Do you struggle to find the words to use when you are writing documentation terms for special education, occupational therapy or physical therapy reports?   If you follow my blog or website, you know I love the words “facilitate”, “promote” and “encourage”.  When documenting therapy sessions I tend to overuse the words “completed” and “accomplished”.  So in order to expand my vocabulary the list was created.  

Some of the documentation terms for special education are more suitable for evaluations and some are more suitable for on going documentation of daily progress or progress monitoring. Try adding some measurable outcomes to these documentation terms for special education for goal setting.  

Documentation Terms for Special Education Daily Notes, Progress Monitoring, Evaluations or Annual Reviews

Here are 40 documentation terms you can use for your daily notes, progress monitoring, evaluations or annual reviews.

Accomplished
Assessed
Assisted with
Completed
Created
Cued
Decreased
Developed
Discussed
Educated
Elicited 
Encouraged
Engaged
Explained
Explored
Evaluated
Facilitated
Generalized
Guided
Helped
Identified
Increased
Informed
Investigated
Modeled
Modified
Monitored
Observed
Problem solved
Promoted
Provided feedback
Reviewed
Reinforced
Responded to
Recommended
Taught
Tracked
Utilized
Validated
Worked on

Need More Help with Documentation for Special Education?

Data Tracking Forms for School Based Occupational and Physical Therapy UPDATED 2019 includes 11 data collection forms for monitoring progress in occupational and physical therapy in the school setting.  Excel Updated Data Collection Forms 2019 Your Therapy Source Document up to 4 IEP goals per student in your daily sessions in Excel AND GOOGLE SHEETS (new this year!) and it will graph your data directly from your session notes.  These Data Tracking Forms for School Based Occupational and Physical Therapy will make data collection so much easier!

The updated version includes a NEW Intervention Comparison form to help you compare two interventions and determine if one is making a significant difference to help a student succeed.

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