Put on hearing aids or a processor
When to use this goal
For young children who wear hearing aids or a cochlear implant processor and are ready to help put them on. Present levels in fine motor skills and in the routine decide how many steps the child does.
- Baseline
- Watch the routine on three days and mark each step as independent, prompted, or done by the adult. Use the color code the audiologist uses (often red for right, blue for left).
- Tips
- Teach backward: the adult does the first steps and the child finishes, then the child takes on more. A mirror helps some children.
- Limits
- Earmolds that no longer fit are hard to put in; ask the audiologist. Hearing technology is one access route the family and student chose; it does not replace sign language, captions, or other visual access where the student uses them.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ac-ht-002.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at arrival or after nap, with the device and its case at the child's spot, the student will take the device from the case, place it on the correct ear, and seat the earmold or coil, performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected daily during arrival.
Baseline: 1 of 6 steps independently.
- Condition
- Observable behavior
- Criterion
- Measurement method
Measurability check11 of 11 met
Met: Observable behavior. Stated as an action.
Met: Condition. Stated.
Met: Unit fits the behavior. Task-analysis steps fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Task-analysis checklist gives task-analysis steps data.
Met: Review timeframe. Stated.
Met: Baseline and target compatible. Same unit, change in the right direction.
Met: Aligned with area of need. Still about Hearing Technology Self-Management.
Met: Level of support. Defined.
Met: Blanks filled in. Nothing left to fill in.
Checks structure and wording only. Whether the goal fits the student is the team's call.
Short-term objectives (optional)
When are objectives required?Required for students on alternate assessments (34 CFR §300.320(a)(2)(ii)); some states require them for everyone.
Paste into your IEP system
Most district systems have a separate box for each part of a goal. Copy them one at a time, or all at once as labeled text.
- Area of need
- Vision, Hearing & Assistive Technology - Hearing Technology Self-Management
- Baseline
- 1 of 6 steps independently.
- Annual goal358 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at arrival or after nap, with the device and its case at the child's spot, the student will take the device from the case, place it on the correct ear, and seat the earmold or coil, performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected daily during arrival.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At arrival or after nap, with the device and its case at the child's spot
- Behavior
- The student will take the device from the case, place it on the correct ear, and seat the earmold or coil
- Criteria
- Performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, on 4 of 5 observed days
- Evaluation method
- A task-analysis checklist
- Schedule
- Daily during arrival
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Matching data sheet
Task-analysis checklist. Marks each step in each session.
Task-analysis checklist
Task-analysis steps- Student label:
- Target:
- performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently
- Mastery rule:
- on 4 of 5 observed days
- Collection schedule:
- daily during arrival
- Method:
- Task-analysis checklist
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at arrival or after nap, with the device and its case at the child's spot, the student will take the device from the case, place it on the correct ear, and seat the earmold or coil, performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected daily during arrival.
Key: I completed independently · S completed with support (note prompt type, e.g., G gesture, V verbal, M model, P physical) · N not completed
| Step | Session 1 Date: | Session 2 Date: | Session 3 Date: | Session 4 Date: | Session 5 Date: | Session 6 Date: | Session 7 Date: | Session 8 Date: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Open the case and take out the device for one ear | ||||||||
| 2. Find the color or mark that shows which ear it goes on | ||||||||
| 3. Place the device behind the ear | ||||||||
| 4. Push the earmold into the ear, or place the coil on the head | ||||||||
| 5. Repeat for the other ear if they wear two | ||||||||
| 6. Tell or show the adult the device is on | ||||||||
| Steps independent (I) | ||||||||
| Initials / notes |
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Write the date at the top of each session column. Mark each step I, S, or N.
- Total the number of I marks for the session. The goal counts steps completed independently (target: 5 of 6).
- Use the least intrusive prompt first and record the prompt actually needed.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.