Start home leisure without a reminder
When to use this goal
For older students who have leisure activities they like but wait in their room or at a screen until a family member suggests something. Base the choice on family report. Starting on one's own is a key step toward adult free time.
- Baseline
- Ask the family to log for two weeks each time the student started an activity other than the default screen on their own. Build the menu with the student. 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
- Screens can be on the list; the goal is self-starting a chosen activity. A reminder the student sets for themselves counts as independent. Keep family logging light.
- Limits
- Family report varies. Count does not show how long each activity lasts.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-lei-040.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during free time at home after school or on weekends, the student will independently start a leisure activity from their own list without a reminder from anyone at least 5 times per week, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by frequency recording collected weekly, from the family log.
Baseline: 1 times per week.
- 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. Frequency fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Frequency (event) recording gives frequency 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 times per week.
- Annual goal320 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during free time at home after school or on weekends, the student will independently start a leisure activity from their own list without a reminder from anyone at least 5 times per week, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by frequency recording collected weekly, from the family log.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During free time at home after school or on weekends
- Behavior
- The student will independently start a leisure activity from their own list without a reminder from anyone
- Criteria
- At least 5 times per week, across 4 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Frequency recording
- Schedule
- Weekly, from the family log
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Matching data sheet
Frequency & rate tracker. Records the count and the observation length.
Frequency & rate tracker
Frequency- Student label:
- Target:
- at least 5 times per week
- Mastery rule:
- across 4 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- weekly, from the family log
- Method:
- Frequency (event) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during free time at home after school or on weekends, the student will independently start a leisure activity from their own list without a reminder from anyone at least 5 times per week, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by frequency recording collected weekly, from the family log.
| Date | Observation period (start–end) | Minutes observed | Activity / context | Count (tally) | Rate per minutecount ÷ minutes (only if periods vary) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Count each occurrence of the defined behavior per week.
- Keep the observation length the same each session. If it varies, compare rate per minute, not raw counts.
- Write the behavior definition at the top of the sheet so all data collectors count the same thing.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.