Speech Therapy Social Communication PLAAFP Template — Streamline ARD Preparation

This PLAAFP (Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance) template is crafted for SLPs preparing for ARD meetings. It provides clear, professional, ready-to-copy language for documenting current social communication functioning, impact on access to curriculum and communication, and recommended supports. Included are two evidence-based long-term social communication goals and five measurable short-term objectives that can be dropped directly into IEPs or therapy records.

What’s included:

• Concise PLAAFP narrative blocks you can paste into documentation: baseline social communication performance, intelligibility by listener, contexts of breakdown, stimulability, co-occurring language or literacy needs, and recommendations for accommodation/modification.

• Two ready-to-use long-term social communication goals (annual IEP goals) written in measurable terms.

• Five short-term social communication objectives designed as sequential steps toward the long-term goals; each objective includes performance criteria, context, and accuracy thresholds.

• Guidance notes on how to personalize each template line to a student’s specific pragmatic targets, age, and classroom/curricular demands.

• Suggested progress-monitoring frequency and data-collection prompts.

Recommended Supports:

Direct speech-language therapy targeting identified social communication skills with a focus on generalization into classroom and peer contexts.

Classroom strategies: vocabulary previews, increased wait-time, visual supports, and teacher scripting to prompt repetition when clarification is needed.