Use upper and lower body protection
When to use this goal
For students who travel without a cane in some places, or before cane use, and need to protect the head and body in unfamiliar or open areas. Present levels from O&M observation decide the settings to start with.
- Baseline
- Plan five situations in an O&M lesson where protection is needed and record whether the student uses the right technique, uses it after a cue, or does not.
- Tips
- Count only situations where protection is needed. Pair with cane goals; protective techniques stay useful in places a cane is not used, such as at home.
- Limits
- Protective techniques do not find drop-offs. The goal does not replace the O&M specialist's judgment about when the student is ready for a harder route or less supervision.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ac-om-005.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when traveling through an unfamiliar room, an open area, or a space with furniture moved, the student will raise the forearm across the body at shoulder height or lower the hand in front of the hips to protect the body while moving independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, on 4 consecutive observed days, as measured by direct observation collected during each O&M lesson.
Baseline: 1 of 5 opportunities.
- 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. Opportunities fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Direct observation gives opportunities 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 Orientation & Mobility.
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 - Orientation & Mobility
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal401 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when traveling through an unfamiliar room, an open area, or a space with furniture moved, the student will raise the forearm across the body at shoulder height or lower the hand in front of the hips to protect the body while moving independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, on 4 consecutive observed days, as measured by direct observation collected during each O&M lesson.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When traveling through an unfamiliar room, an open area, or a space with furniture moved
- Behavior
- The student will raise the forearm across the body at shoulder height or lower the hand in front of the hips to protect the body while moving independently
- Criteria
- In 5 of 5 opportunities, on 4 consecutive observed days
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- During each O&M lesson
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in 5 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- on 4 consecutive observed days
- Collection schedule:
- during each O&M lesson
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when traveling through an unfamiliar room, an open area, or a space with furniture moved, the student will raise the forearm across the body at shoulder height or lower the hand in front of the hips to protect the body while moving independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, on 4 consecutive observed days, as measured by direct observation collected during each O&M lesson.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | # + (of 5) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Record up to 5 opportunities per session, matching the goal's denominator.
- Define in advance what counts as an opportunity so every data collector records the same thing.
- Count only + marks toward the criterion unless the goal specifies prompted responses.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.