Tell an adult when finding pills or medicine
When to use this goal
For young students who might pick up and taste pills, vitamins, or medicine bottles they find. Present levels in telling an adult about something they find decide fit. Practice uses empty, cleaned bottles or clearly fake pills that cannot be eaten.
- Baseline
- Plan 5 practice finds over 2 weeks with safe props. Count correct when the student did not open or taste the item and told an adult. Every find must be handled safely, so the target is all five.
- Tips
- Teach the rule in plain words: medicine is only from your grown-up or the nurse. Share the rule with the family and suggest locked storage at home. Never use real medicine in practice.
- Limits
- Practice props may not be as tempting as real candy-like vitamins. The goal does not replace safe storage by adults.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-cs-027.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a planned practice, when an empty, sealed medicine bottle is placed where the student will find it, the student will leave the medicine where it is and tell an adult right away independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive practice sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice monthly, during practice sessions.
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 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
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal391 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a planned practice, when an empty, sealed medicine bottle is placed where the student will find it, the student will leave the medicine where it is and tell an adult right away independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive practice sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice monthly, during practice sessions.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a planned practice, when an empty, sealed medicine bottle is placed where the student will find it
- Behavior
- The student will leave the medicine where it is and tell an adult right away independently
- Criteria
- In 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive practice sessions
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Twice monthly, during practice sessions
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 5 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive practice sessions
- Collection schedule:
- twice monthly, during practice sessions
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a planned practice, when an empty, sealed medicine bottle is placed where the student will find it, the student will leave the medicine where it is and tell an adult right away independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive practice sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice monthly, during practice sessions.
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.