Lila's Student Profile

In the midst of remodeling, moving and adoption chaos

 I have been working as part of the local school district's

 Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) Steering team.   

Tonight was the first SEAC meeting of the year

 and I was on the agenda to present a Student Profile for Lila. 

 Lord, how I loathe public speaking. 

 But it was all for a good cause~ 

showing parents an easy-to-use format to provide

 valuable and useful information about their child to school staff.  

(A special thank you to my awesome fellow DS mamas 

who helped me work out a few kinks with this project!)

It all went well, thankfully.  

 After the Student Profile presentations

 (there were 2 of us)

 we asked for feedback on the profiles.  

The parents in the room expressed excitement 

about going home and working on a Student Profile for their own kids.  

 The professionals in the room asked us 

to share these with everyone, saying that it would be 

so incredibly helpful to have a Student Profile

 on every one of the students they come in contact with.

I'm honoring their request and sharing Lila's profile.   

Here goes.

Introducing Lila Nargi

Lila Nargi at a glance:

Current interests:  Riding horse, dancing, playing outside

Likes:  Tracing letters, iPad apps, practicing sight-reading

Dislikes:  Noisy environments, people in her personal space, being left out of activities

Motivated by:  Positive reinforcement/reward system, gentle but firm teaching style

Turned off by:  Angry responses, impatient tone of voice

Lila’s strengths to build upon: 

• Great at memorization, learns quickly
• Learns best in a structured environment
• Understands limits; able to follow rules
• Loves to learn, craves success
• Supportive and involved family

Lila’s challenges and ways to address them:

• Easily over stimulated- benefits from sensory breaks and weighted supports
• Younger developmental age- close adult supervision needed for impulsiveness and safety- especially during unstructured times such as lunch, recess and hall passing time
• Weak fine motor skills- needs extra time and personal assistance for writing or drawing and self-help activities
• Difficulty with transitions- responds well to picture charts and verbal cues

Our focus for Lila this school year:

• To make measurable academic progress
• To learn appropriate conversational skills with typical peer models
• To make friends with whom she can spend time with outside of school

Our long-range school goals for Lila:

• To participate in school with typical peer models
• To reach her potential in academic areas, especially reading, math and written language
• To develop age-appropriate behavior and social skills
• To realize her full potential in order to find her niche in life

This was super easy to do.  

Some helpful hints:

 Make sure it all fits on one page.  

This should not be a repeat of your child's IEP.   

Give a copy of your child's student profile to 

everyone working with your child- teachers, paras, therapists, etc.  

 Have the school keep a few copies on hand 

to give to substitute teachers/paras for a brief overview of your child.

Pass it on!!!