Set a weekly activity goal and log progress
When to use this goal
For older students and transition students building a habit of regular physical activity they choose (walking, dancing, swimming, a home workout), who want to track it themselves. Present levels and the student's interests decide fit. Any limits on activity come from the health provider.
- Baseline
- Ask what activity the student does now and run one planning week. Record which steps they did without help. Check any health limits with the nurse.
- Tips
- The goal measures the planning habit, not fitness. Let the student choose the activity. Link to leisure and fitness goals where useful.
- Limits
- Logs are self-report. Students with medical activity limits follow their provider's guidance first. 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-039.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at the start of each week, during a weekly check-in with a teacher or job coach, the student will set a weekly activity goal, log activity on most days, and compare the total to the goal at the end of the week, performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly.
Baseline: 1 of 6 steps independently.
- 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. Task-analysis steps fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Task-analysis checklist gives task-analysis steps 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 6 steps independently.
- Annual goal376 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at the start of each week, during a weekly check-in with a teacher or job coach, the student will set a weekly activity goal, log activity on most days, and compare the total to the goal at the end of the week, performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At the start of each week, during a weekly check-in with a teacher or job coach
- Behavior
- The student will set a weekly activity goal, log activity on most days, and compare the total to the goal at the end of the week
- Criteria
- Performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, across 4 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- A task-analysis checklist
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Task-analysis checklist. Marks each step in each session.
Task-analysis checklist
Task-analysis steps- Student label:
- Target:
- performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently
- Mastery rule:
- across 4 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Task-analysis checklist
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at the start of each week, during a weekly check-in with a teacher or job coach, the student will set a weekly activity goal, log activity on most days, and compare the total to the goal at the end of the week, performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly.
Key: I completed independently · S completed with support (note prompt type, e.g., G gesture, V verbal, M model, P physical) · N not completed
| Step | Session 1 Date: | Session 2 Date: | Session 3 Date: | Session 4 Date: | Session 5 Date: | Session 6 Date: | Session 7 Date: | Session 8 Date: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Chooses one or two activities they like for the week | ||||||||
| 2. Sets a weekly goal in minutes or steps | ||||||||
| 3. Logs activity on at least four days | ||||||||
| 4. Totals the week's minutes or steps | ||||||||
| 5. Compares the total to the goal and says one thing that helped or got in the way | ||||||||
| 6. Sets next week's goal | ||||||||
| Steps independent (I) | ||||||||
| Initials / notes |
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Write the date at the top of each session column. Mark each step I, S, or N.
- Total the number of I marks for the session. The goal counts steps completed independently (target: 5 of 6).
- Use the least intrusive prompt first and record the prompt actually needed.
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