Send an email with an attachment
When to use this goal
For older students who need to email teachers, employers, and offices with files attached. Present levels in typing and in the email program decide fit.
- Baseline
- Ask the student to send two practice emails and mark each step.
- Tips
- Use real emails when possible. Tone and wording can be taught in communication goals.
- Limits
- Email programs differ.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ac-key-023.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given a reason to email a teacher or employer and a file to attach, the student will type the address, subject, and message, attach the file, check it, and send, performing all 7 steps independently, on 3 consecutive emails, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected twice a month.
Baseline: 2 of 7 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 Keyboarding & Computer Access.
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 - Keyboarding & Computer Access
- Baseline
- 2 of 7 steps independently.
- Annual goal321 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given a reason to email a teacher or employer and a file to attach, the student will type the address, subject, and message, attach the file, check it, and send, performing all 7 steps independently, on 3 consecutive emails, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected twice a month.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given a reason to email a teacher or employer and a file to attach
- Behavior
- The student will type the address, subject, and message, attach the file, check it, and send
- Criteria
- Performing all 7 steps independently, on 3 consecutive emails
- Evaluation method
- A task-analysis checklist
- Schedule
- Twice a month
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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 all 7 steps independently
- Mastery rule:
- on 3 consecutive emails
- Collection schedule:
- twice a month
- Method:
- Task-analysis checklist
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given a reason to email a teacher or employer and a file to attach, the student will type the address, subject, and message, attach the file, check it, and send, performing all 7 steps independently, on 3 consecutive emails, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected twice a month.
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 a new message | ||||||||
| 2. Type the recipient's address | ||||||||
| 3. Type a clear subject line | ||||||||
| 4. Type a greeting, message, and closing with their name | ||||||||
| 5. Attach the correct file | ||||||||
| 6. Proofread the message and check the attachment | ||||||||
| 7. Send and check the sent folder | ||||||||
| 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: 7 of 7).
- 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.