Setting goals is an important step in achieving success. For teens, setting SMART goals can be especially helpful in reaching their targets. By creating goals using the SMART framework, teens can ensure that they are specific and measurable, making it easier to track their progress. Additionally, making goals relevant to their lives and putting a […]
Whether your child or the students that you work with are in elementary school, high school or college, chances are you have a future rock star on your hands. They have big dreams and they want to achieve them. How can you help reach these goals for children? It is important to make sure children […]
Do you like to start fresh in the new year? Do you set goals for yourself to accomplish during this time of year? Being a student or school staff right now is difficult to manage. It can be a struggle to stay organized and on top of all of your assignments or planning so setting […]
Do you ever try different techniques to help children improve their motor skills or reach their goals? Visualization is a common practice among athletes to improve their performance and take their skills to the next level. You can teach children how to visualize goals in order to help them succeed. Research among adults indicates that […]
Do you struggle with goal setting or wonder how to achieve your goals? Whether you have set goals for yourself or your students have set goals, it is important to follow these 10 steps to achieve the goals. Many times we have high aspirations and lofty goals especially at the start of the school year […]
Expectations of Goal Achievement As school-based therapists, teachers, and parents do you communicate effectively the expectations of goal achievement? This is a difficult skill to master and consistently apply to all students. Writing the goal is only the basic starting point for the overall outcome. There are many steps that need to take place before you […]
Teaching a New Motor Skill? Try Full Immersion Are you teaching a child a new motor skill? Has a child been working on one goal for a long time but still having difficulty? Try full immersion when children are learning new motor skills. When we are teaching a child a new motor skill or perhaps working […]
How to Integrate Therapy Goals Into The Curriculum Curriculum refers to the lessons and materials that students will interact with to reach educational goals. Most elementary and high schools follow a specific curriculum for each subject. In general, a curriculum includes goals, instructional methodology, materials and assessments to measure progress. Therapy goals can be established […]
It is that time of year again when annual reviews will slowly start to begin. Here are 5 things to do before you write an IEP goal: 1. Check present levels of performance – Perform a new evaluation if it is necessary. Determine the student’s strengths and weaknesses. When you formulate a goal try to […]
At times, all children need some help to achieve big goals. Whether it be a lofty IEP goal that you inherited, a large project the student needs to complete or a complex motor skill often times it is easier to break it up into smaller, more manageable chunks. Teachers call it scaffolding and therapists […]