Remain with the group on a community trip
When to use this goal
For transition-age students with significant support needs whose present levels show wandering away from the group or the task during community-based instruction (store, library, recreation center). Safety comes first: the adult plan for supervision does not change with this goal. Present levels decide the target.
- Baseline
- Time from arrival to the first stop of more than 2 minutes in the assigned task or the first move away from the group. Collect at least three trips at familiar sites. Note crowding, noise, and the task assigned.
- Tips
- Use age-matched tasks that adults do: shopping, returning library books, ordering food. Stopping to ask a store worker a question counts as the task. Supervision follows the safety plan regardless of progress on this goal.
- Limits
- This goal does not replace a safety or elopement plan. Community settings change from trip to trip; compare similar trips.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-att-047.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a community-based instruction trip to a store with an assigned shopping task, the student will remain with the group and carry out the assigned trip task, such as holding the list, finding items, or paying independently for at least 25 minutes, across 3 consecutive community trips, as measured by direct observation collected on each community trip.
Baseline: 5 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. Direct observation 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
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- Area of need
- Executive Function - Sustained Attention & Task Engagement
- Baseline
- 5 minutes.
- Annual goal388 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a community-based instruction trip to a store with an assigned shopping task, the student will remain with the group and carry out the assigned trip task, such as holding the list, finding items, or paying independently for at least 25 minutes, across 3 consecutive community trips, as measured by direct observation collected on each community trip.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a community-based instruction trip to a store with an assigned shopping task
- Behavior
- The student will remain with the group and carry out the assigned trip task, such as holding the list, finding items, or paying independently
- Criteria
- For at least 25 minutes, across 3 consecutive community trips
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- On each community trip
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Matching data sheet
Duration tracker. Records start and end times.
Duration tracker
Duration- Student label:
- Target:
- for at least 25 minutes
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive community trips
- Collection schedule:
- on each community trip
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a community-based instruction trip to a store with an assigned shopping task, the student will remain with the group and carry out the assigned trip task, such as holding the list, finding items, or paying independently for at least 25 minutes, across 3 consecutive community trips, as measured by direct observation collected on each community trip.
| 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 (25 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.