Report a peer's safety risk to an adult
When to use this goal
For secondary students who learn about a peer's plan to fight, bring something dangerous, or hurt themselves, and keep it secret or post about it instead of telling an adult. Fit depends on the student's social understanding and school data, not grade. Practice uses scenarios; real reports follow the school protocol.
- Baseline
- Use five scenarios that match the student's age and world (texts, group chats, the locker room). Score whether the student named an adult or the app and gave the who, what, and where. Ask about worries: many students fear being called a snitch, which the instruction must address.
- Tips
- Teach the difference between snitching (getting someone in trouble) and reporting (keeping someone safe). Let the student choose their trusted adults. Any real report is handled by the school's threat or crisis protocol, not by the teacher alone. Safety skills are targeted at every opportunity.
- Limits
- Scenario answers may not match real behavior under peer pressure. The goal never replaces the school's threat assessment or suicide prevention protocol.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID bh-saf-034.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when presented with a written or spoken scenario in which a peer shares a plan to hurt someone or themselves, the student will name a trusted adult and say they would tell that adult the same day, or use the school's reporting app independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 2 consecutive monthly scenario sets, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected five scenarios once a month, plus any real reports.
Baseline: 2 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 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
- 2 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal453 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when presented with a written or spoken scenario in which a peer shares a plan to hurt someone or themselves, the student will name a trusted adult and say they would tell that adult the same day, or use the school's reporting app independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 2 consecutive monthly scenario sets, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected five scenarios once a month, plus any real reports.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When presented with a written or spoken scenario in which a peer shares a plan to hurt someone or themselves
- Behavior
- The student will name a trusted adult and say they would tell that adult the same day, or use the school's reporting app independently
- Criteria
- In 5 of 5 opportunities, across 2 consecutive monthly scenario sets
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Five scenarios once a month, plus any real reports
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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:
- across 2 consecutive monthly scenario sets
- Collection schedule:
- five scenarios once a month, plus any real reports
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when presented with a written or spoken scenario in which a peer shares a plan to hurt someone or themselves, the student will name a trusted adult and say they would tell that adult the same day, or use the school's reporting app independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 2 consecutive monthly scenario sets, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected five scenarios once a month, plus any real reports.
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.