PLAAFPs
A PLAAFP states, "The student has difficulty catching a ball." This important component is missing.
What is specific, measurable baseline data?
Every measurable annual goal should include a baseline, skill, criteria, and this component that tells when the goal will be achieved.
What is a timeframe?
This federal law guarantees students with disabilities a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).
What is IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)?
Before attending an ARD meeting, an Adapted PE teacher should bring this information to support recommendations and services.
What are evaluation results, progress data, and current performance information?
An ARD committee member questions an annual goal. You should explain how the goal was developed from this section of the IEP.
What is the PLAAFP?
This part of a PLAAFP describes how a student's motor deficits affect participation in the general PE curriculum.
What is educational impact?
This type of data identifies a student's current level of performance and serves as the starting point for an annual goal.
What is baseline data?
This principle requires students with disabilities to be educated with their nondisabled peers to the greatest extent appropriate.
What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
During an ARD meeting, an Adapted PE teacher recommends services based on assessment data and this important factor.
What is the student's educational need or educational impact?
When recommending APE services, you should clearly describe how motor skill deficits affect the student's participation in this.
What is the general physical education curriculum?
These should be included in a PLAAFP to support statements about a student's current motor performance.
What are assessment scores and observational data?
"The student will improve throwing skills" is not an effective annual goal because it lacks this critical feature.
What is measurability?
A student does not automatically qualify for Adapted PE services simply because they have this.
What is a disability or medical diagnosis?
Before discussing IEP goals and services, the ARD committee should review this information to understand the student's current needs.
What are the evaluation results and PLAAFPs?
During an ARD meeting, someone says, "I don't think the student needs Adapted PE." Your best defense is to present assessment results, progress monitoring data, observations, and this critical connection.
What is the educational impact of the student's motor deficits?
This section explains what the student can currently do and serves as the starting point for annual IEP goals.
What is the present level of performance (baseline)?
Given visual modeling and verbal prompts, the student will catch a playground ball in 8 out of 10 trials across 3 consecutive PE classes. This part of the goal describes how success will be measured.
What is the mastery criteria?
Before recommending Adapted PE services, staff should use assessment data to show that motor deficits have this effect on the student's education.
What is an adverse educational impact?
After reviewing the PLAAFP, the next step in the ARD process is typically to develop or review these.
What are annual IEP goals and objectives?
This data-gathering tool allows an Adapted PE teacher to document a student's performance during natural PE activities by recording specific skills, prompts, or participation levels.
What is an observation checklist or data collection form?
A student can complete 3 of 10 successful catches with a playground ball and requires verbal prompting during partner activities. This type of information strengthens a PLAAFP because it is based on this.
What is objective data?
This is the most common mistake when writing Adapted PE annual goals.
Creating a goal that is not directly connected to identified needs in the student's PLAAFP.
An ARD committee wants to remove Adapted PE services. The law requires the committee to review this information before making a decision.
What are the student's current evaluation data, progress toward IEP goals, and educational needs?
Put these ARD meeting steps in order: Annual Goals, Evaluation Review, Service Recommendations, PLAAFP Development.
What is Evaluation Review → PLAAFP Development → Annual Goals → Service Recommendations?
What are two sources of data collection used in Adapted Physical Education?