The “present level of performance” should indicate how the student functions in all areas applicable to educational functioning. The following list illustrates some content areas that may need to be addressed.
| Academic Pre-academic readiness skills Reading Writing Mathematics Career education Intellectual Intellectual potential Learning style Memory: short- long-term, retrieval, sequential Processing strengths and deficits: auditory, visual Sensory Vision Hearing Orientation Tactile perception Sensory-motor integration Communication Language development Pragmatic language Speech production Articulation Vocational Job keeping skills Specific to vocational curriculum Criterion-referenced skill assessments | Social-Emotional Distractibility, impulsivity, attention span Aggressive behavior, acting-out Withdrawal, immaturity, inadequacy Social development Relationships with peers and adults Adaptive Behavior Dressing Eating Personal hygiene Independent living Motor Fine motor Gross motor Mobility Muscular control Pre-Vocational Entry level work skills Occupational interest Work Attitudes Job seeking skills Other Assistive technology Medical considerations or issues |
Adapted from Developing Effective IEP’s, Mountains Plains Regional Resource Center, Logan, Utah, T/TAC W&M Workshop: “The Heart of the I.E.P.,” 1997.