Choosing Outcomes and Accommodations for Children (COACH) (A Guide to Educational Planning for Students with Disabilities, Third Edition)

Based on 25 years of field-testing and widely used by thousands of education teams, COACH is the educational planning choice for students ages 3–21 with intensive special education needs in supported general education settings. This edition organizes planning into a clear step-by-step process that has never been easier to implement. Professionals and families will have an effective process to help them collaborate on individualized educational plans that promote inclusive opportunities for students with a range of developmental disabilities.  

Education teams will discover how to 

• implement a collaborative and family-centered approach to teamwork 
• explore the current and future status of valued life outcomes 
• identify appropriate curriculum areas to assess 
• rate and select high-priority learning outcomes to be targets of instruction 
• determine which aspects of the general education curriculum should be targets of instruction 
• choose the supports students need to reach their goals 
• develop meaningful annual goals and short-term objectives that reflect each student's individual priorities 
• create a program-at-a-glance that keeps critical information handy throughout the school day 

COACH comes with the essential materials educators need to engage in collaborative educational planning. Ready-to-use, fillable forms and tools—now on our Download Hub for easy access—help educators organize goals and objectives, determine their students' learning styles, schedule class activities, plan and adapt instruction, evaluate the impact of instruction on student outcomes, and more. To model successful COACH implementation, this book also walks readers through three complete examples of the COACH process for a kindergartner, an elementary school student, and a transition-age teenager.  

With COACH, educators and families will ensure that each student's education plan has real substance, addresses individual goals, and leads directly to positive, meaningful outcomes.