Keep the chair on the floor and feet down while seated
When to use this goal
For students who tip chairs back, kneel on chairs, or climb on furniture during seated work. Measures continuous time seated safely. Base the choice on duration recording. The OT may suggest seating that gives movement safely.
- Baseline
- Time the longest stretch seated safely during 5 work periods and count tips. Check whether the chair fits; a chair where the feet dangle produces tipping in most students, and the fix is a footrest, not a goal.
- Tips
- Fix the seating first, then measure. Chairs that allow rocking safely (a wobble stool) count as safe sitting if the team agrees. Reinforce stretches of safe sitting rather than reacting to tips. Students who need movement should also have a movement break goal (replacement-behavior bh-rep-025).
- Limits
- Measures posture safety, not attention or work. Does not fit students using adaptive seating with different positioning rules; follow the OT's or PT's plan.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID bh-saf-012.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a 20-minute seated work period at a standard chair and desk, the student will sit with all chair legs on the floor and feet on the floor or footrest independently for at least 15 minutes, on 4 of 5 consecutive recorded work periods, as measured by duration recording collected daily during one seated work period.
Baseline: 3 minutes.
- 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. Duration fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Duration recording gives duration 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 Safety Behaviors.
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 - Safety Behaviors
- Baseline
- 3 minutes.
- Annual goal351 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a 20-minute seated work period at a standard chair and desk, the student will sit with all chair legs on the floor and feet on the floor or footrest independently for at least 15 minutes, on 4 of 5 consecutive recorded work periods, as measured by duration recording collected daily during one seated work period.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a 20-minute seated work period at a standard chair and desk
- Behavior
- The student will sit with all chair legs on the floor and feet on the floor or footrest independently
- Criteria
- For at least 15 minutes, on 4 of 5 consecutive recorded work periods
- Evaluation method
- Duration recording
- Schedule
- Daily during one seated work period
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
Matching data sheet
Duration tracker. Records start and end times.
Duration tracker
Duration- Student label:
- Target:
- for at least 15 minutes
- Mastery rule:
- on 4 of 5 consecutive recorded work periods
- Collection schedule:
- daily during one seated work period
- Method:
- Duration recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a 20-minute seated work period at a standard chair and desk, the student will sit with all chair legs on the floor and feet on the floor or footrest independently for at least 15 minutes, on 4 of 5 consecutive recorded work periods, as measured by duration recording collected daily during one seated work period.
| Date | Activity / context | Start time | End time | Duration (minutes) | Target duration | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Start timing when the defined behavior begins and stop when it ends, using the definitions agreed by the team.
- The goal is reached when duration is at least the target (15 minutes).
- Note interruptions that weren't caused by the student.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.