Tackle a home chore at the scheduled time
When to use this goal
For transition-age students building independent living habits who can do household tasks but wait for a family member to tell them each time. The family and student choose the chores together. Present levels and family priorities, not grade, decide fit.
- Baseline
- Ask the family to track one week of scheduled chores: whether the student started on their own within 5 minutes, after one reminder from a family member, or not at all. A simple checkmark sheet on the fridge or a shared phone note works. Pair with observation in the school living lab.
- Tips
- Seven scheduled chores a week is one per day; adjust to the family's routine. Keep the family log to a checkmark so it gets filled in. The school living lab gives observed data to check the home log. Let the student set the reminder wording.
- Limits
- Home data depend on families having time to log; do not require it if it adds strain. Does not measure chore quality; use a daily living task analysis for that.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID ef-ti-031.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at the time a chore is scheduled on a shared family calendar or phone reminder, the student will independently start the scheduled chore (such as loading the dishwasher or taking out recycling) within 5 minutes of the reminder without a family member asking in at least 6 of 7 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly, from a home log.
Baseline: 2 of 7 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 Task Initiation.
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 - Task Initiation
- Baseline
- 2 of 7 opportunities.
- Annual goal440 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at the time a chore is scheduled on a shared family calendar or phone reminder, the student will independently start the scheduled chore (such as loading the dishwasher or taking out recycling) within 5 minutes of the reminder without a family member asking in at least 6 of 7 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly, from a home log.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At the time a chore is scheduled on a shared family calendar or phone reminder
- Behavior
- The student will independently start the scheduled chore (such as loading the dishwasher or taking out recycling) within 5 minutes of the reminder without a family member asking
- Criteria
- In at least 6 of 7 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Weekly, from a home log
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- in at least 6 of 7 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weeks of data
- Collection schedule:
- weekly, from a home log
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at the time a chore is scheduled on a shared family calendar or phone reminder, the student will independently start the scheduled chore (such as loading the dishwasher or taking out recycling) within 5 minutes of the reminder without a family member asking in at least 6 of 7 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks of data, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly, from a home log.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | # + (of 7) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 7 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.