Choose another center when the first choice is full
When to use this goal
For children who stand at a full center, protest, or push in rather than choosing another. Fits center-based classrooms with a visible full signal.
- Baseline
- Record what the child does when a chosen center is full over a week. Confirm the full signal is clear to the child (a stop sign, a name-card limit) and that other centers are open and reachable.
- Tips
- Each full-center moment is one opportunity. Met means a different open center is chosen and used within 1 minute. Teach a phrase (it is full, I will pick another) and a waiting-list option if the room uses one; using the waiting list and choosing another center both count.
- Limits
- If the same center is always full, the fix may be the room setup. Choosing another center does not mean the child engages there; see attention goals.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-cf-007.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when the chosen center shows the full signal during free-choice time, the student will choose a different open center and begin using its materials within 1 minute independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected daily during centers and summarized weekly.
Baseline: 1 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. Direct observation 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 Cognitive Flexibility.
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 - Cognitive Flexibility
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal358 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when the chosen center shows the full signal during free-choice time, the student will choose a different open center and begin using its materials within 1 minute independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected daily during centers and summarized weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When the chosen center shows the full signal during free-choice time
- Behavior
- The student will choose a different open center and begin using its materials within 1 minute independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Daily during centers and summarized weekly
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in at least 4 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- daily during centers and summarized weekly
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when the chosen center shows the full signal during free-choice time, the student will choose a different open center and begin using its materials within 1 minute independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected daily during centers and 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 | # + (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.