Take home medication when the phone alarm sounds
When to use this goal
For older students and transition students who take a daily medication at home and whose family wants them to take it on time with less reminding. Base the choice on the family and the prescriber's guidance. Doses are pre-set in an organizer that an adult checks.
- Baseline
- For two weeks, the family records each dose: taken on time without a reminder, taken after a reminder, or missed. Use the organizer and chart to check.
- Tips
- Count each scheduled dose as an opportunity; met means taken within the window without a person reminding. The target is every dose, since medications work as prescribed only when taken. Any missed dose follows the prescriber's instructions.
- Limits
- Self-report and charts can be wrong; the organizer is the best check. The student does not change doses or timing. 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-030.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when their phone medication alarm sounds at home, the student will take the dose from the organizer compartment for that day and time and mark it taken in the app or chart independently in 14 of 14 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected daily, reviewed weekly with the family.
Baseline: 8 of 14 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 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
- 8 of 14 opportunities.
- Annual goal355 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when their phone medication alarm sounds at home, the student will take the dose from the organizer compartment for that day and time and mark it taken in the app or chart independently in 14 of 14 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected daily, reviewed weekly with the family.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When their phone medication alarm sounds at home
- Behavior
- The student will take the dose from the organizer compartment for that day and time and mark it taken in the app or chart independently
- Criteria
- In 14 of 14 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Daily, reviewed weekly with the family
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 14 of 14 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 4 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- daily, reviewed weekly with the family
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when their phone medication alarm sounds at home, the student will take the dose from the organizer compartment for that day and time and mark it taken in the app or chart independently in 14 of 14 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected daily, reviewed weekly with the family.
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 | 9 | 10 | # + (of 10) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 10 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.