Make a playlist for a chosen activity
When to use this goal
For older students who love music and want playlists for working out, relaxing, or the bus, but rely on others to set them up. Present levels decide fit. Building playlists is an age-matched digital leisure skill.
- Baseline
- Observe the routine 3 or more times before setting a target. Mark each step as independent, done with a named prompt, or not done, and count only independent steps. Note which steps stop the activity from happening at all; teach those first.
- Tips
- Use the app the student already has. Content follows school rules on school devices. Score from observation.
- Limits
- Apps change their screens; update the step card. Does not measure listening time.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-lei-037.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during free time, using a music app on a school or personal device, the student will create a playlist for an activity they choose, name it, and play it, performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, across 3 consecutive sessions, 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 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 6 steps independently.
- Annual goal322 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during free time, using a music app on a school or personal device, the student will create a playlist for an activity they choose, name it, and play it, performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During free time, using a music app on a school or personal device
- Behavior
- The student will create a playlist for an activity they choose, name it, and play it
- Criteria
- Performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, across 3 consecutive sessions
- 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 3 consecutive sessions
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Task-analysis checklist
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during free time, using a music app on a school or personal device, the student will create a playlist for an activity they choose, name it, and play it, performing at least 5 of 6 steps independently, across 3 consecutive sessions, 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. Opens the music app | ||||||||
| 2. Creates a new playlist | ||||||||
| 3. Names it for the activity ("gym", "bus ride", "calm") | ||||||||
| 4. Searches for songs | ||||||||
| 5. Adds at least five songs to the playlist | ||||||||
| 6. Plays the playlist | ||||||||
| 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.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.