Ot Goals: Occupational Therapy Goals and Objectives Associated With Learning

The task-to create customized IEPs and treatment plans that contain measurable and therapeutic long-term goals and objectives. The problem-caseload size versus time. Does this scenario sound familiar? The job has just been made easier! By writing this manual, the eight authors of OT GOALS have developed an efficient method of writing appropriate goals and objectives for clients' IEPs and treatment plans. OTs working with children in preschool through high school can develop customized IEPs and treatment plans quickly and systematically by selecting from the book's 11 long-term goals, 55 general objective areas and 648 specific objective tasks that measure client success. Twenty lists of qualifiers provide endless combinations of tasks and challenges. This valuable 180-page resource also includes:

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A review of legislation enacted since 1975 concerning the education of children with disabilities.

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Discussion of the various service-delivery models.

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Easy-to-follow directions for writing an Instructional Guide for an IEP.

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Lists of the methods, strategies, materials, individuals, and types of evaluations involved in implementing goals and objectives.

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Reproducible worksheets for creating individualized goals and objectives.

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Instructions on how to develop additional goals and objectives. This original material is based on the authors' eclectic backgrounds of theoretical frameworks, including, but not limited to, normal development, sensory integration, and neurodevelopmental theory.