Use a waiting strategy in line
When to use this goal
For students who push ahead, leave the line, or poke peers during waits at lunch, the bus, or the water fountain. Base the choice on timed observation. The student chooses a waiting strategy (count tiles, hum quietly, squeeze a fidget, think of a list).
- Baseline
- Time 5 or more waits from joining the line until the student leaves their place, pushes, or reaches the front. 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
- Reaching the front counts as meeting the goal. Shorter waits (front of line, a job like line leader) are fair supports.
- Limits
- Wait length depends on the line; record it.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-ic-025.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, while waiting in the lunch line, the student will use their chosen waiting strategy and remain in their place in line independently for at least 5 minutes, on 4 of 5 consecutive school days, as measured by duration recording collected daily at one line.
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 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 minutes.
- Annual goal284 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, while waiting in the lunch line, the student will use their chosen waiting strategy and remain in their place in line independently for at least 5 minutes, on 4 of 5 consecutive school days, as measured by duration recording collected daily at one line.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- While waiting in the lunch line
- Behavior
- The student will use their chosen waiting strategy and remain in their place in line independently
- Criteria
- For at least 5 minutes, on 4 of 5 consecutive school days
- Evaluation method
- Duration recording
- Schedule
- Daily at one line
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 5 minutes
- Mastery rule:
- on 4 of 5 consecutive school days
- Collection schedule:
- daily at one line
- Method:
- Duration recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, while waiting in the lunch line, the student will use their chosen waiting strategy and remain in their place in line independently for at least 5 minutes, on 4 of 5 consecutive school days, as measured by duration recording collected daily at one line.
| 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 (5 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.