Each of my students required an IPP. All of my students are coded as severe and all needed at least 4 or 5 goals for the year, along with many accommodations. I was overwhelmed at first, but the JMC crew were amazingly supportive. I loved meeting with previous teachers and therapists (PT, SLP, OT, Pych,, and AT) to discuss each child and collaborate on what goals would be best to work on for each individual student. I absolutely agree and support this transdisiplinary approach to teaching!
Creating IPPs also opened my eyes to the different levels of prompting to help students become successful. They are verbal, full physical, partial physical, model, gesture, and visual. The idea is to move the student from most dependent to least dependent and ultimately independence, wherever possible of course. With the needs of some of these students, full independence my never be achieved but getting them to a lower need/level of support helps them gain a sense of accomplishment and independence.