Stay with the group during a community outing
When to use this goal
For students who wander from the group in stores, museums, or on walks and must be retrieved. Use observation during outings and present levels in checking in with adults to decide the distance rule.
- Baseline
- Divide the outing into 10-minute intervals (6 for an hour) and record for each whether the student stayed within the agreed distance without being called back. Note the places where the student left the group; displays and exits are common pull-aways.
- Tips
- Define the distance rule in words the student uses (within two arm lengths, in the same aisle). Count an interval as met only if no adult had to retrieve the student. Pair with a job on the outing (carrying the list) to give the student a reason to stay close.
- Limits
- Interval recording approximates a continuous behavior; a brief wander in a long interval is still scored as not met. Students who elope need a safety plan, not only this goal.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-cs-004.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a community-based instruction outing in a store or public building, the student will stay within the agreed distance of the group and stop when the group stops independently in 6 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive outings, as measured by direct observation collected at each outing, recorded in 10-minute intervals.
Baseline: 2 of 6 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 Community & Safety Skills.
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
- Functional & Independence Skills - Community & Safety Skills
- Baseline
- 2 of 6 opportunities.
- Annual goal359 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a community-based instruction outing in a store or public building, the student will stay within the agreed distance of the group and stop when the group stops independently in 6 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive outings, as measured by direct observation collected at each outing, recorded in 10-minute intervals.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a community-based instruction outing in a store or public building
- Behavior
- The student will stay within the agreed distance of the group and stop when the group stops independently
- Criteria
- In 6 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive outings
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- At each outing, recorded in 10-minute intervals
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 6 of 6 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive outings
- Collection schedule:
- at each outing, recorded in 10-minute intervals
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a community-based instruction outing in a store or public building, the student will stay within the agreed distance of the group and stop when the group stops independently in 6 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive outings, as measured by direct observation collected at each outing, recorded in 10-minute intervals.
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 | # + (of 6) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 6 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.
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