Identify and Prioritize Long- and Short-term Learning Goals

A review of “High leverage practices and students with extensive support needs” by Pennington, R., Ault, M. J., Courtade, G., Jameson, J. M, and Ruppar, A.

“…The authors of several chapters provide explicit examples of multiple means of student assessment and how the resulting data can be used to guide instruction and support positive student outcomes. For example, one chapter emphasizes the importance of using an ecological assessment approach as a framework for assessment and targeted data collection that can be used to select relevant short- and long-term learning goals for students with extensive support needs (Ruppar et al, 2023). Other chapters focus on utilizing data in adapting instruction to meet students’ individual learning needs, using assistive technology to support student communication and learning, creating systematic instruction, and implementing strategies to enhance students’ active engagement.…”