We use a collaborative team approach that includes family, friends and other professionals. It is important for us to include the child for all or part of the goal selection process when possible. After working as a group to determine the priorities to focus on, we develop strategies suited to the family and work together on implementation. Potential goals can encompass areas in skill building and decreasing challenging behaviours. We focus on developing skills in areas that increase independence, quality of life and are age appropriate. We can work with the child's school to collaborate on classroom-based supports thereby creating consistency between school and home settings and stability for the student.