Carry out a direction at a later time
When to use this goal
For students who follow directions in the moment but forget ones meant for later ("after lunch, bring your permission slip to the office"). Fit depends on memory and organization present levels. Pair with an executive-function goal if the student needs a reminder system taught.
- Baseline
- Give five delayed directions over a week with delays of 30 minutes to a few hours and record whether each was carried out on time, late, or not at all. Note which delays fail; many students manage 30 minutes but not lunch to dismissal.
- Tips
- Teach the student to capture the direction right away (write it, set an alarm) and count self-made reminders as independent; that is what adults do. Make the delayed directions real jobs, not tests. Lengthen the delay as success grows.
- Limits
- Mixes memory and behavior; if the student never captures the direction, the need may be an executive-function goal (see the organization and time-management skills). Directions given in noisy moments may not be heard.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID bh-dir-037.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when an adult gives a direction to be carried out at a later time in the same school day, the student will independently carry out the direction at the stated time without being reminded in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly data summaries, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected 5 planned delayed directions per week.
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. Opportunity (trial) 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 Following Adult Directions.
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
- Behavior & Classroom Expectations - Following Adult Directions
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal391 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when an adult gives a direction to be carried out at a later time in the same school day, the student will independently carry out the direction at the stated time without being reminded in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly data summaries, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected 5 planned delayed directions per week.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When an adult gives a direction to be carried out at a later time in the same school day
- Behavior
- The student will independently carry out the direction at the stated time without being reminded
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly data summaries
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- 5 planned delayed directions per week
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 at least 4 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weekly data summaries
- Collection schedule:
- 5 planned delayed directions per week
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when an adult gives a direction to be carried out at a later time in the same school day, the student will independently carry out the direction at the stated time without being reminded in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly data summaries, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected 5 planned delayed directions per week.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- 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.