Crafting Impactful Statements

• PLAAFP: Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance
• Impact Statements: Describe the impact of a student's disability on their educational performance
• Importance: Guides the development of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
• Tips: Be specific, use measurable language, focus on the student's needs and goals

• ​Identify and prioritize the specific academic and functional needs of the child

• Establish baseline level performance

• Develop annual goals

• Determine appropriate placement

It is through the PLAAFPs that you will:

Unleashing the Power of PLAAFPS

PLAAFPS(Present Levels of Academic Achievement & Functional Performance) are a crucial component of the IEP process. They provide a comprehensive overview of a student's current abilities, strengths, and areas of need. PLAAFPs should include academic and functional strengths, needs, and current performance.

A quality PLAAFP statement should be a description on "what", "how", and "how much" the student is learning in a specific area.

Impact of Disability

Given specific characteristics or deficits, this section should explain what classroom activities are impacted.

Merely stating the student's eligibility category does not adequately describe the impact on involvement and progress in the general education curriculum. The impact statement should make it easy to develop goals and objectives.

Statements should reflect individual needs and not be applicable to a large group of students.
Wording should reflect what the child currently does and NOT what he will or may experience.
Do not include statements in this section regarding services.

Impact of Disability

Some specific characteristics include:

• short-term memory problems

• poor organizational skills

• auditory processing deficits

• visual processing deficits

• fine and gross motor deficits

• slow rate of information processing

• difficulty generalizing

​The latest version of the IEP in Campus includes additional questions after the Impact of the Disability statement related to:
Communication/Speech Language, Vision, Hearing, Health/Medical,

Sensory/Motor, Daily/Living Skills, Emotional/Social/Behavior and Physical (fine/gross) Motor.

These questions are meant to further identify student needs. Each question should be answered as YES or NO.

If answered as YES, then an additional explanation must be provided to describe the student’s specific

needs in this area.