Choose a free-period activity from a menu
When to use this goal
For middle and high school students with significant support needs who sit without an activity, or wait for staff to hand them one, during free periods and breaks. Present levels decide fit. The menu uses age-matched options (magazines, music, a puzzle book, a card game, a handheld game, drawing).
- Baseline
- Record 5 or more free periods: whether the student chose an activity within about two minutes and what they did if not. Use a preference check to build the menu. Start from an interest inventory with the student and family, and offer age-matched choices; a preferred repetitive activity is a valid way to relax, not a problem to fix.
- Tips
- Keep a small portable menu and kit so the skill travels to waiting rooms and work breaks. Honor every choice. Update the menu every few months.
- Limits
- Does not measure how long the student keeps at the activity; see fn-lei-045.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-lei-018.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at the start of a free period or break, with an age-matched leisure menu, the student will choose an activity from the menu and start it independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily at one free period.
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 Leisure & Recreation.
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 - Leisure & Recreation
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal323 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at the start of a free period or break, with an age-matched leisure menu, the student will choose an activity from the menu and start it independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily at one free period.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At the start of a free period or break, with an age-matched leisure menu
- Behavior
- The student will choose an activity from the menu and start it independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Daily at one free period
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 at least 4 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- on 4 of 5 observed days
- Collection schedule:
- daily at one free period
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at the start of a free period or break, with an age-matched leisure menu, the student will choose an activity from the menu and start it independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily at one free period.
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.