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HOME TOGETHER

Related Services at Home

Adapting the Role

• f Related

Service Providers School Setting:

• Support services to help the student access to the

curriculum

• Provide modifications or supports for school personnel
• Facilitate progress toward student’s goals

Home:

• The SAME

R e l a t e d S e r v i c e s

Team- Collaboration and consultation as a team to support your child (and YOU)

Tools- equipment, strategies, activities, exercise programs, information,\

Data- Discuss how to collect data on your child’s goals to make sure he or she is making meaningful progress.

OBSTACLE OR OPPORTUNITY?

• Time with your child’s therapist
• Learn the “why” behind the strategies your therapist recommends
• Find ways to carry over skill development and strategies into daily home

routine

• Problem solve together around challenges at home

WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM

• You are the hands-on person for

your child’s IEP team right now!

• No one knows how to better

motivate your child than you do, so teach your child’s team

Getting the Most from Your Sessions

Review your child’s IEP goals for

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each service type. Think about ways those skills can

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be worked on at home. Plan ahead for sessions with your

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therapist.

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Be honest about what’s working and what isn’t.

Preparing for Sessions

Front-end planning makes all the difference

• Kn o w w h at go a l s /s k i l l s yo u ’ l l b e wo r k i n g
• n
• L e t yo u r t h e ra p i st k n o w w h at yo u h av e

ava i l a b l e i n t h e h o m e to u s e a s a n a c t i v i t y

• H av e a l l yo u r m ate r i a l s re a d y
• G e t yo u r o t h e r c h i l d re n i n o n t h e f u n !
• G i v e fe e d b a c k to yo u r t h e ra p i st - w h a t ’s

h a p p e n i n g t h e re st o f t h e w e e k !

IF THINGS AREN’T GOING WELL

• Have an honest conversation with your child’s therapist first
• Provide specific feedback: Timing, content, length of session
• Participation issues? Ask for a consultation with a behavior specialist
• Explore other options, such as asynchronous sessions
• Reach out to the Special Education Supervisor for your child’s regular school

building

CHANGE CAN BE GOOD…

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