Stop, Look, Listen: Monitor Your Child’s Progress

Parents remember to view their child’s progress at school, be it by report card or IEP. But parents often forget to review the book and progress of their child’s home and community based program. Progress at home is just as important as school. So, remember to check those books and data sheets. Make sure that you are aware of the current, future, and mastered targets. This is especially true for the mastered and current targets.

If you know what the current target is, you can teach and generalize this target in the natural environment which assists with the generalization of the skill. For example, if your child is learning about the color blue, you can point out that color throughout the day in different locations and situations. Also, if there is a target that your child has mastered a target and you, or the school, has encountered situations where your child does not appear to know the mastered target, please inform your consultant/family trainer.