{"id":2566,"date":"2010-03-15T13:16:43","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T17:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2018-12-10T15:27:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T19:27:26","slug":"whats-the-intent-of-a-summary-of-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/whats-the-intent-of-a-summary-of-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Intent of a Summary of Performance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"What%27s%20the%20Intent%20of%20a%20Summary%20of%20Performance%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/bs\/graduation.family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"107\" \/>When I asked the IEP team about my son&#8217;s Summary of Performance, I got the &#8220;deer in the headlights&#8221; look &#8211; they didn&#8217;t even know what it was.\u00a0 We finally got one in late summer when my son was already out of high school.<\/p>\n<p>What is the intent of a Summary of Performance?\u00a0 What should it look like?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When your child graduates from high school with a regular diploma or \u201cages out\u201d of special education, IDEA requires the school to provide a \u201csummary of academic achievement and functional performance.\u201d The Summary of Performance (SOP) should include recommendations about ways to help your child meet post-secondary goals.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The SOP must be completed during the final year of high school. It is most useful when completed during the transition IEP process when your child has the opportunity to actively participate in the development of this summary. The SOP should contain the most updated information on academic achievement and performance, and include your child\u2019s abilities and aspirations.<\/p>\n<p>The information in the Summary of Performance should be based on your child\u2019s unique needs and his goals after he graduates from high school, although IDEA does not spell out specifically what the SOP must contain. The intent of the SOP is to provide crucial information to those people who may assist your child in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Since specific information that must be included in the SOP will vary by state, parents should become familiar with their state&#8217;s requirements. You should check to see if your state Department of Education has developed a policy on the SOP development process.<\/p>\n<p>The National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC) provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/trans.sop.htm#states\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">information on the Summary of Performance (SOP)<\/span> <\/span><\/a>as well as other state transition resources.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, the National Transition Documentation Summit, a group of secondary and postsecondary representatives, rehabilitation specialists, consumer advocates, and parents, produced a model template for the Summary of Performance. It is available to be freely copied or adapted for educational purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Go to <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><a style=\"color: #0066cc;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/trans.sop.htm\">Transition: Summary of Performance<\/a> at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/trans.sop.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/trans.sop.htm<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find more information, a link to the NSTTAC State Resources Map, Q and As, and a link to download a copy of the model template.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I asked the IEP team about my son&#8217;s Summary of Performance, I got the &#8220;deer in the headlights&#8221; look &#8211; they didn&#8217;t even know what it was.\u00a0 We finally <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/whats-the-intent-of-a-summary-of-performance\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,230,39,5,76],"tags":[547,120,549,545,552,1313],"class_list":["post-2566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accommodations-modifications","category-college-continuing-education","category-documentation","category-idea-2004","category-transition","tag-aging-out","tag-college-and-continuing-education","tag-graduation","tag-regular-diploma","tag-summary-of-performance","tag-transition"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2566"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23605,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2566\/revisions\/23605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}