Request an interpreter for an event
When to use this goal
For high school students preparing for adult life, where they will request interpreters for college, jobs, medical visits, and events themselves. Present levels in self-advocacy decide fit.
- Baseline
- List upcoming events and record who requested the interpreter. Use mock requests if real ones are few.
- Tips
- Teach lead times and what to do if an interpreter does not arrive. Students may request Deaf interpreters or CART as fits.
- Limits
- The school stays responsible for access in high school. ASL is a complete language; this template measures one access or language skill, and the student's broader language goals belong in expressive and receptive language with sign as the mode.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ac-sig-022.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when planning for a school event, college visit, job interview, or appointment that needs an interpreter, the student will contact the right person or office, request an interpreter with the date, time, place, and topic, and confirm independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive semesters, as measured by frequency recording collected monthly.
Baseline: 0 of 4 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. Frequency (event) recording 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 Sign Language & Visual Communication.
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 - Sign Language & Visual Communication
- Baseline
- 0 of 4 opportunities.
- Annual goal397 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when planning for a school event, college visit, job interview, or appointment that needs an interpreter, the student will contact the right person or office, request an interpreter with the date, time, place, and topic, and confirm independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive semesters, as measured by frequency recording collected monthly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When planning for a school event, college visit, job interview, or appointment that needs an interpreter
- Behavior
- The student will contact the right person or office, request an interpreter with the date, time, place, and topic, and confirm independently
- Criteria
- In at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive semesters
- Evaluation method
- Frequency recording
- Schedule
- Monthly
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in at least 3 of 4 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 2 consecutive semesters
- Collection schedule:
- monthly
- Method:
- Frequency (event) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when planning for a school event, college visit, job interview, or appointment that needs an interpreter, the student will contact the right person or office, request an interpreter with the date, time, place, and topic, and confirm independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive semesters, as measured by frequency recording collected monthly.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | # + (of 4) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 4 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.