PDP Example 2 A more formal document, with sections that you could include or not, as desired.

Privately Developed Plan (PDP) for [name]

Age [ ], as of [date]

**Important: This is a template for ideas only. The ONLY elements required by Oregon law are Goals. All others are optional – write what is helpful to you! **

Basis of need for this plan (Eligibility):

Qualifies for a PDP based on [diagnosis or condition]

or cite public school determination of eligibility if there was one

Public School evaluation – Eligible for special education due to [reason], final report [date]. Based on observations and evaluations of multiple school district personnel.

Medical Diagnoses and Evaluation Reports (list as they apply)

• Autism diagnosis – [report date, author/doctor/facility, summary]
• ADHD diagnosis - [report date, author/doctor/facility, summary]
• Occupational Therapy – [report date, author/doctor/facility, summary]
• Other diagnoses or therapies – [report date, author/doctor, summary]

Parent Observation - [describe other issues, in absence of reports from providers]

Academic History - [summary of schools and evaluations if any]

Purpose of this Plan - This plan describes the academic plan for [child's] education in the [year-year] school year, including curriculum, goals and accommodations needed for his disabilities.

By Oregon law, [child] would be required to pass the standardized tests for language arts and math at the end of [x] grade year. This document is to establish his current level of abilities in those areas, define appropriate goals, and specify methods for demonstrating that he has met those goals.

This plan may also address other areas of academic, social, or life skill education as a guide helpful to us as we teach him at home on a daily basis. However, those will not be intended to address legal requirements.

Math

Status: [current status with math, any difficulties]

Approach: [overall approach to math instruction this year, plans, teaching methods]

General Topics:

• [list topics to be covered this year, such as number sense, addition, subtraction, place value, multiplication, fractions etc]

Goals:

• [list goals such as completing certain chapters in a curriculum, or learning certain skills, passing certain tests, observations, or work samples. This is up to you – however you want to define them.]

Specific accommodations: [some ideas below: ]

• Quiet room with no distractions
• Comfortable chair, non-glare lighting
• Working at a time of day for maximum concentration
• Prompting to keep on track
• Reading the instructions out loud or pointing to the instructions
• Using a plastic sheet-protector and dry-erase pen, or a white board
• Frequent movement breaks, every 10 minutes if sitting still is required. Heavy-work, pressure, or calming activities.
• Incorporate movement into the lesson if possible.
• Allow using physical objects to calculate abstract problems, such as time clock, real money, calendar on the wall, ruler, place value blocks.
• Allow oral fidget such as gum or chew object
• Maximum math lesson time – 20-30 minutes
• Allow use of a multiplication chart once the basic concepts of multiplication and division are mastered

Reading

Status: [current status with reading, any difficulties]

Approach: [overall approach to reading instruction this year, teaching methods]

General Topics:

• [list topics to be covered this year, such as letter sounds, sight words, reading fluency, reading a certain book, answer verbal comprehension questions, etc]

Goals:

• [list reading goals, learning certain skills, passing certain tests, observations, or work samples. This is up to you – however you want to define them.]

Specific accommodations: [examples]

• Propping the book
• Using a guide paper under each line in the book
• Quiet in the room
• Reading on the floor or stomach position
• Reading out loud every other paragraph with adult, discussing frequently

Writing

Status: [current status with writing, any difficulties]

Approach: [overall approach to writing instruction this year]

General Topics:

• [list topics to be covered this year, such as penmanship, typing, sentence formation, grammar, paragraph writing, etc]

Goals:

• [list goals such as completing certain chapters in a curriculum, or learning certain skills, passing certain tests, observations, or work samples. This is up to you – however you want to define them.]

Specific accommodations:

• writing on a slant board
• special three-line paper
• dictation for longer than a few sentences
• speech-to-text technology

Not Described: Other academic topics to be included this year, but not described in this plan: History, Social Studies, Geography, Science, Technology, Health. These subjects will be covered by appropriate lessons, curriculum and experiences as determined by the parents. They are not required nor tested by the state of Oregon.

Signatures:

[name], Parent

[name], [Title of reviewer]