The T.R.E.A.T. model was designed as a blueprint for constructing counseling goals and objectives during Individualized Education Program meetings. Our model provides the multidisciplinary team-specifically, school counseling professionals— with a procedure for systematically organizing all relevant information when addressing students with special needs. Use of this model results in measurable, manageable, and defensible goals and objectives.
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