Wait for the go signal at snack
When to use this goal
For preschool students who dig into snack or art materials before everyone is ready, spilling or taking more than their share. Present levels decide fit. A clear go signal and a hands-on-the-mat spot give the student a way to wait.
- Baseline
- Record 5 or more snack or art starts: whether the student waited for the signal and how long the wait was. Write an operational definition first (what counts as the impulsive response and what counts as using the strategy), and teach and practice the strategy before measuring it.
- Tips
- Keep the wait short (a few seconds at first). Score each start as one opportunity. The mat gives the hands a job; it is not a restraint.
- Limits
- Wait length drives success; record it. Does not cover safety waits at doors and streets (safety-behavior).
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-ic-004.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at snack time, when food is set out before the go signal, the student will keep hands on their mat or in their lap until the adult gives the go signal independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 consecutive school days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily at snack or art.
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. 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 Impulse Control & Inhibition.
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 - Impulse Control & Inhibition
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal344 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at snack time, when food is set out before the go signal, the student will keep hands on their mat or in their lap until the adult gives the go signal independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 consecutive school days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily at snack or art.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At snack time, when food is set out before the go signal
- Behavior
- The student will keep hands on their mat or in their lap until the adult gives the go signal independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 consecutive school days
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Daily at snack or art
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:
- on 4 of 5 consecutive school days
- Collection schedule:
- daily at snack or art
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at snack time, when food is set out before the go signal, the student will keep hands on their mat or in their lap until the adult gives the go signal independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 consecutive school days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily at snack or art.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- 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.