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Appendix

Do's and Don'ts for Providing Homebound Instruction

Do

• Research the student's educational history, strengths, needs, and interests.
• Provide homebound services according to the Individual Educational Program.
• Provide homebound services only when an adult caregiver is present.
• Communicate early and consistently with caregivers.
• Develop contingency plans for dealing with problematic visits.
• Prepare a variety of activities when working with the student.
• Have school identification.
• Document activities and progress.

Don't

• Approach homebound instruction with a cavalier attitude.
• Attempt to provide homebound instruction without planning.
• Assume that the student and caregiver will be available at a consistent time and day.
• Arrive late.
• Merely supervise the completion of paper–pencil tasks.
• Give excessive independent work assignments.
• Ignore the caregiver.
• Fail to communicate with other stakeholders about the homebound services.

From Preventing School Failure, Winter 2007. Heldref Publications. Www.heldref.org.

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