Carter's Speech

We have Carter's annual IEP (Individual Education Plan) meeting in January.  This will be Carter's 3 year anniversary so we will be discussing if Carter will remain eligible for services.  I have no idea if he will.  His speech has improved tremendously over the last few years but there are still sounds and words he struggles with.  I believe he'd still benefit from therapy though I know he doesn't get as much assistance as he used to.  He now only gets 30 minutes a week and there are at least 2 other kids with him in his session.  So far Carter hasn't complained at all about being pulled from his classroom for his session.

I received Carter's first quarter progress report with his report card a couple of months ago but never posted about it.  Below are his current objectives and progress.

Objective 1: Carter will carryover /s/ and /z/ into conversational speech as observed in 3 3-minute speech samples with at least 90% accuracy.

•  Current %: 75
• Status: Some progress made.
• Status Narrative: Although this objective was previously met, Carter benefits from verbal reminders to use his /s/ sound appropriately during conversational speech.  I am continuing to work on this goal.

Objective 2: Carter will eliminate the phonological process of gliding (produce /l/ and /l/ blends) in isolation, syllables, and words with at least 80% accuracy in 4/5 opportunities.

• Current %: 80
• Status: Objective has been met.
• Status Narrative: Mastered.

Objective 3: Carter will articulate /l/ and /l/ blends in phrases/sentences with 80% accuracy in 4/5 opportunities.

• Current %: 80
• Status: Objective has been met.
• Status Narrative: Mastered.

Objective 4: Carter will generalize /l/ and /l/ blends into structured conversational speech as observed with 80% accuracy in 3 3-minute speech samples.

• Current %: 70
• Status: Some progress made.
• Status Narrative: We are continuing to work on Carter's /l/ blends in conversation speech.  He is doing great!