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 Addressing
Bullying in the IEP
from Ideal Lives
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Bullies -- they
seem to be a constant in our schools and a frequent source of
pain for our children with special needs. If the current
anti-bully program at your child's school isn't addressing the
practical issues your child faces everyday, then it's time to
consider adding some direct responses to your child's IEP
(individualized education program).
PACER, the Minnesota parent training and information center
recently released a handout with some great IEP ideas for
parents to think about. Here's just a sample:
The IEP could include goals and objectives that address the
following:
. Improve social skills such as sharing, taking turns, or
thinking before acting
. Participate in friendship group to practice social skills with
peers under direction of school staff
. Increase self-advocacy skills so child can say "no" or "stop
that"
. Improve speech intelligibility so child can interact with
peers
Examples of supplementary aids and services, program
modifications or supports:
. Hallway or playground monitoring by school staff
. Allowing child to leave class early to avoid hallway incidents
. Use social stories to help child understand difficult
situations when they occur
. In-service school staff to understand child's disability and
vulnerability
. In-service classroom peers to help them understand child's
disability and/or child's use of assistive technology,
paraprofessional, or interpreter (i.e. things that are
"different")
PACER has also developed a new curriculum on bullying to help
parents and school deal with the issue of bullying more
effectively, to learn more about the curriculum, visit
http://www.pacer.org/releases/bully.htm.
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