Stay with a self-chosen center activity for a set number of minutes
When to use this goal
For children who move from center to center every minute without engaging in any. Fits free-choice time with several centers. Present levels decide the starting minutes.
- Baseline
- Time the longest stretch at any one center across several days and note which centers hold the child longest. Begin with those centers. Distinguish wandering from purposeful visiting of several centers to gather materials.
- Tips
- The episode starts when the child begins using the center's materials and ends after more than 10 seconds away from the center or without using materials. Watching peers at the center counts as engaged in the early stages if the team agrees. Record the longest episode per session.
- Limits
- Preferred centers inflate the number; vary centers over time and note which was used. Staying at one center is not the whole picture of play; see play goals for quality.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-att-007.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during free-choice center time after choosing a center, the student will stay at the chosen center and use its materials independently for at least 6 minutes, in 4 of 5 consecutive center times, as measured by duration recording collected three times per week.
Baseline: 1 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 Sustained Attention & Task Engagement.
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
- Executive Function - Sustained Attention & Task Engagement
- Baseline
- 1 minutes.
- Annual goal291 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during free-choice center time after choosing a center, the student will stay at the chosen center and use its materials independently for at least 6 minutes, in 4 of 5 consecutive center times, as measured by duration recording collected three times per week.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During free-choice center time after choosing a center
- Behavior
- The student will stay at the chosen center and use its materials independently
- Criteria
- For at least 6 minutes, in 4 of 5 consecutive center times
- Evaluation method
- Duration recording
- Schedule
- Three times per week
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 6 minutes
- Mastery rule:
- in 4 of 5 consecutive center times
- Collection schedule:
- three times per week
- Method:
- Duration recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during free-choice center time after choosing a center, the student will stay at the chosen center and use its materials independently for at least 6 minutes, in 4 of 5 consecutive center times, as measured by duration recording collected three times per week.
| Date | Activity / context | Start time | End time | Duration (minutes) | Target duration | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- 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 (6 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.