Set a timer before starting screen time
When to use this goal
For middle and high school students who start games, videos, or social apps meaning to stop soon and lose track of time. Present levels decide fit. Setting the limit themselves is the self-management step before stopping on time (fn-lei-017, fn-lei-033).
- Baseline
- Record 5 or more screen-time starts at school and ask the family about home. Agree with the student on the time limits first; limits they help set are more likely to be used.
- Tips
- Score each start as met when the timer was set before play began. Device time-limit features count. Pair with a stopping goal.
- Limits
- Home data rely on the family. Setting a timer does not show stopping on time.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-lei-021.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, before starting a game, video, or app during free time at school, the student will set a timer or the device's time limit for the agreed length before starting independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected daily at school, with family reports twice weekly.
Baseline: 0 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. 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 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
- 0 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal361 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, before starting a game, video, or app during free time at school, the student will set a timer or the device's time limit for the agreed length before starting independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected daily at school, with family reports twice weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Before starting a game, video, or app during free time at school
- Behavior
- The student will set a timer or the device's time limit for the agreed length before starting independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Daily at school, with family reports twice weekly
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:
- across 3 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- daily at school, with family reports twice weekly
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, before starting a game, video, or app during free time at school, the student will set a timer or the device's time limit for the agreed length before starting independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected daily at school, with family reports twice weekly.
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.