Teaching · Speech & Language and Reading Intervention

The first letter home, written from a few answers.

Choose speech and language therapy or reading intervention, tick the focus points and fill in the schedule. The summary writes a warm, plain letter to the family, with the schedule, how they will hear about progress, ideas for home and how to reach you.

Write a letterWhat you get
$12one-time · every device you sign in on
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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Speech & Language toolkit, $79 for 72 items.

The letter builder

One record per student and letter, under initials or a code. The letter says “your child”; add the name by hand. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Speech & LanguageAlso for Teaching · Reading Intervention$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A finished introduction letter to print or copy, with the schedule worked out in minutes a week and checks before you send it.
Who it is for
Speech-language pathologists, reading intervention teachers and special education teachers starting services with a new student.
Format
Browser builder with a speech and language mode and a reading intervention mode. Several saved letters; printed as the letter or a blank planning sheet; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Speech & Language toolkit ($79) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Speech & Language space in Caveat Teaching; also listed in the Reading Intervention space (reading intervention mode).
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
who, what, when, and how to reach me
Drawn for this page. A first letter tells the family who you are, what you will work on, when, and how to reach you.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s initials or a code and the letter date.
  2. Choose the service and why the student is starting.
  3. Tick the focus points and fill in the schedule.
  4. Choose how families will hear about progress and a few home ideas.
  5. Print the letter, write the name in by hand and send it home.

Write a letter

What the builder is for

Why a first letter

Families who know who is working with their child, on what and when, ask better questions and support practice at home. A short, specific letter in plain language does more than a long brochure.

IEP progress reports

Under IDEA, the IEP states how and when parents will be told about progress toward the annual goals, often with report cards. The letter points families to those reports.

No name stored

The letter says “your child” throughout, so the builder never holds a student’s name. Write the name in by hand, or add it after copying the text.

Sources

  1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3) (how and when progress toward IEP goals is reported to parents).
  2. Henderson, A. T., and Mapp, K. L. (2002). A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement. SEDL.
  3. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Practice Portal: Collaborating with families, and resources on school-based services.
  4. Plain Writing Act of 2010 and plainlanguage.gov guidelines (short sentences, the reader as “you”).

The example letter is made up. The builder writes a draft for you to check and sign. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.