Set and keep a personal screen time limit
When to use this goal
For students who lose track of time on games, videos or social media, so homework or sleep slips. Present levels in using a timer or alarm decide fit. The student sets the limit; adults help plan, not impose.
- Baseline
- For one week, have the student log start and stop times without a limit. Use the log to choose a starting limit with the student. Count a day as a success when the timer was set and the stop happened within two minutes.
- Tips
- Student choice is the core: the student picks the limit and the replacement activity. Built-in screen time tools can do the logging. Home data rely on families; agree on a simple log.
- Limits
- Home data are self-reported or family-reported. The goal does not judge what the student does on screens.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ca-dig-018.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during evening free time at home, with a limit the student chose and a phone or tablet timer, the student will set a timer for their chosen limit, stop when it ends, and log the stop time on a tracking sheet or app independently in at least 6 of 7 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily, summarized weekly.
Baseline: 2 of 7 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 Digital Literacy & Online Safety.
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
- Science, Social Studies & Digital Literacy - Digital Literacy & Online Safety
- Baseline
- 2 of 7 opportunities.
- Annual goal404 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during evening free time at home, with a limit the student chose and a phone or tablet timer, the student will set a timer for their chosen limit, stop when it ends, and log the stop time on a tracking sheet or app independently in at least 6 of 7 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily, summarized weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During evening free time at home, with a limit the student chose and a phone or tablet timer
- Behavior
- The student will set a timer for their chosen limit, stop when it ends, and log the stop time on a tracking sheet or app independently
- Criteria
- In at least 6 of 7 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Daily, summarized weekly
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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 6 of 7 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- daily, summarized weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during evening free time at home, with a limit the student chose and a phone or tablet timer, the student will set a timer for their chosen limit, stop when it ends, and log the stop time on a tracking sheet or app independently in at least 6 of 7 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily, summarized weekly.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | # + (of 7) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 7 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.