Show a medical emergency card when asked
When to use this goal
For students with a health condition or communication need who may not be able to explain their needs in an emergency or when upset, and who carry an emergency card or wear medical ID. Present levels decide fit. The card content comes from the health plan and the family.
- Baseline
- Run 3 to 5 planned role-plays with different helpers (bus driver, librarian, a staff member the student does not know) and record whether the student found and showed the card. Check that the card is current.
- Tips
- Keep the card in the same pocket or phone case every day. Score an opportunity as met when the student showed the card within a short wait after being asked. Review the card each semester with the family.
- Limits
- Role-plays cannot fully copy an emergency. A card helps only if helpers ask or notice it; medical ID jewelry adds a backup. This goal never replaces the individualized health plan, medication orders, or an emergency action plan; the nurse, the family, and the student's health care provider decide care, and the goal follows their plan.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-hlt-012.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when a staff member, bus driver, or community helper asks about their health or who to call, the student will show their medical emergency card or medical ID and point to the contact number independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, on 3 consecutive monthly drills, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected monthly, at drills and real events.
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 Health & Self-Management.
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 - Health & Self-Management
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal385 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when a staff member, bus driver, or community helper asks about their health or who to call, the student will show their medical emergency card or medical ID and point to the contact number independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, on 3 consecutive monthly drills, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected monthly, at drills and real events.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When a staff member, bus driver, or community helper asks about their health or who to call
- Behavior
- The student will show their medical emergency card or medical ID and point to the contact number independently
- Criteria
- In 5 of 5 opportunities, on 3 consecutive monthly drills
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Monthly, at drills and real events
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:
- on 3 consecutive monthly drills
- Collection schedule:
- monthly, at drills and real events
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when a staff member, bus driver, or community helper asks about their health or who to call, the student will show their medical emergency card or medical ID and point to the contact number independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, on 3 consecutive monthly drills, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected monthly, at drills and real events.
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.