Stop and check at driveways on the sidewalk
When to use this goal
For students who walk in the neighborhood with staff and do not notice cars backing out of driveways or pulling out of parking lots. Present levels in stopping on cue and in walking on sidewalks decide fit. An adult walks with the student during instruction.
- Baseline
- Choose a route with 8 driveways and score each one: stopped, checked, and crossed when clear without a prompt. The target is every driveway, because one missed check can be the one with a car.
- Tips
- Teach backing-up signs (white lights, engine sound). Practice on a familiar route first. Street crossing is in fn-cs-001 and fn-cs-002.
- Limits
- Practice routes with few cars make it hard to see real responses. Never reduces adult supervision on walks.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-cs-035.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a neighborhood walk with staff, at each driveway or parking lot entrance, the student will stop at the edge of each driveway, look and listen for moving cars, and cross when it is clear independently in 8 of 8 opportunities, across 3 consecutive walks, as measured by direct observation collected at every community walk.
Baseline: 2 of 8 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 8 opportunities.
- Annual goal359 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a neighborhood walk with staff, at each driveway or parking lot entrance, the student will stop at the edge of each driveway, look and listen for moving cars, and cross when it is clear independently in 8 of 8 opportunities, across 3 consecutive walks, as measured by direct observation collected at every community walk.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a neighborhood walk with staff, at each driveway or parking lot entrance
- Behavior
- The student will stop at the edge of each driveway, look and listen for moving cars, and cross when it is clear independently
- Criteria
- In 8 of 8 opportunities, across 3 consecutive walks
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- At every community walk
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 8 of 8 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive walks
- Collection schedule:
- at every community walk
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a neighborhood walk with staff, at each driveway or parking lot entrance, the student will stop at the edge of each driveway, look and listen for moving cars, and cross when it is clear independently in 8 of 8 opportunities, across 3 consecutive walks, as measured by direct observation collected at every community walk.
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 | 8 | # + (of 8) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 8 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.