John’s Individualized Education Plan has a total of 35 objectives administered among several different programs covering communication, social, behavioral, and self-help skills. He’s been on a structured program like this since the age of 3, and his schooling is year round save for the 5 weeks of vacation (never more than a week at a time) he gets per year. Needless to say, Julie and I are amazed and proud of how hard he works. We look forward to each monthly meeting to learn of his progress.

For example, one of the objectives of his “Pointing” program is “Across 2 people and 2 setting, John will point to request out of reach desired items which are up to 6 feet away in 90% of opportunities as summarized across 2 weeks.” Well, this is one of the goals he has mastered, meaning that he’s met the goal for the year way ahead of time! Of course, given the workload I’ve just described theres still plenty of work to do, especially with vocal imitation, eye contact, and self-help skills. But we’re hoping that John will continue to Master each of the goals set for these programs, and it’s his hard work and the hard work and dedication of his teachers at school that will help make this happen.

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