Find and fix cleaning needs in a room scan
When to use this goal
For teens who clean well when told what to do but walk past a full trash can or a dirty counter without seeing it. The goal targets noticing, which adult living depends on. Present levels and observation of the chore in a real setting, not grade or age, decide whether this template fits.
- Baseline
- Set up 5 common needs (crumbs on a counter, a full trash can, a towel on the floor, a sticky spill, dishes in the sink) on 3 days and count how many the student finds without a prompt.
- Tips
- Change the set-up items each time so the student scans rather than remembers. Count a need found when the student names it or fixes it before a prompt. Move to real, unplanned needs at home once set-up probes are steady.
- Limits
- Set-up probes are a stand-in for real life. Does not measure cleaning quality.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-hh-017.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when scanning the life-skills apartment with 5 cleaning needs set up by staff, the student will walk through the room, name each thing that needs cleaning, and fix it or add it to a to-do list independently on at least 4 of 5 items, on 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
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 Household Skills & Chores.
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 - Household Skills & Chores
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal365 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when scanning the life-skills apartment with 5 cleaning needs set up by staff, the student will walk through the room, name each thing that needs cleaning, and fix it or add it to a to-do list independently on at least 4 of 5 items, on 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When scanning the life-skills apartment with 5 cleaning needs set up by staff
- Behavior
- The student will walk through the room, name each thing that needs cleaning, and fix it or add it to a to-do list independently
- Criteria
- On at least 4 of 5 items, on 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Opportunity tracker. One box per opportunity in each session.
Opportunity tracker
Opportunities- Student label:
- Target:
- on at least 4 of 5 items
- Mastery rule:
- on 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when scanning the life-skills apartment with 5 cleaning needs set up by staff, the student will walk through the room, name each thing that needs cleaning, and fix it or add it to a to-do list independently on at least 4 of 5 items, on 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
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.