Spend free time at home on a hobby
When to use this goal
For middle and high school students who have a hobby they like (drawing, building models, a collection, cooking, music) but rarely start it at home without a family member setting it up. Base the choice on family report. The family records time on a simple log.
- Baseline
- Ask the family to log two hobby times a week for two weeks: minutes on the hobby and how it started. Keep materials ready and visible. 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
- The hobby is the student's choice, including collections and repetitive hobbies. Family logs can be a text with minutes. Teachers can share hobby clubs or online groups that fit.
- Limits
- Family report varies with family time. Time does not show quality or growth in the hobby.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-lei-020.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, after school or on weekends at home, with hobby materials kept in a set spot, the student will use their hobby materials on a project of their choosing independently for at least 30 minutes, on 3 of 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by duration recording collected during two family-logged sessions a week.
Baseline: 5 minutes.
- 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. Duration fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Duration recording gives duration 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
- 5 minutes.
- Annual goal336 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, after school or on weekends at home, with hobby materials kept in a set spot, the student will use their hobby materials on a project of their choosing independently for at least 30 minutes, on 3 of 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by duration recording collected during two family-logged sessions a week.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- After school or on weekends at home, with hobby materials kept in a set spot
- Behavior
- The student will use their hobby materials on a project of their choosing independently
- Criteria
- For at least 30 minutes, on 3 of 4 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Duration recording
- Schedule
- During two family-logged sessions a week
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
Matching data sheet
Duration tracker. Records start and end times.
Duration tracker
Duration- Student label:
- Target:
- for at least 30 minutes
- Mastery rule:
- on 3 of 4 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- during two family-logged sessions a week
- Method:
- Duration recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, after school or on weekends at home, with hobby materials kept in a set spot, the student will use their hobby materials on a project of their choosing independently for at least 30 minutes, on 3 of 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by duration recording collected during two family-logged sessions a week.
| Date | Activity / context | Start time | End time | Duration (minutes) | Target duration | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Start timing when the defined behavior begins and stop when it ends, using the definitions agreed by the team.
- The goal is reached when duration is at least the target (30 minutes).
- Note interruptions that weren't caused by the student.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.