When I was a teacher I had to make up content for parent teacher conferences

I was a teacher for 4 years at a very small school in a small town. I was the special ed teacher and was responsible for writing official reports for parent-teacher conferences every semester. I had about 20 students total across 2 grades (7th and 8th).<br><br>Every semester I spent about a month trying to keep my students on the ball and participating so I could have something to write in their reports. The reports were a very standard set of questions that were designed for regular education students. They were very hard to answer for my children with disabilities. Particularly the ones with severe cognitive impairments or who had autism.<br><br>I used to make up content for those reports. I would imagine things that they might do in class that would show progress or was cute or funny. For example, saying a word for the first time, or participating in class.<br><br>I used to feel terrible about this. It was basically the only way I felt like I could communicate that they were making progress or interacting with their peers. All of their parents were very supportive and strong advocates for them but it still felt like I was misleading everyone.<br><br>In the end I've decided that what I was doing was forgivable. I don't know what else I could have done. I was still very inexperienced and new to teaching. But it still continues to weigh on my mind.