Find a free community event in a calendar
When to use this goal
For older students and transition students who want to go out more but do not know how to find events. Present levels decide fit. Free and low-cost events (library programs, park concerts, festivals, open gyms) widen leisure for adults on tight budgets.
- Baseline
- Give 5 calendar search tasks over two weeks and record whether the student found a matching event with date, time, and place. Use local calendars the student will actually use.
- Tips
- Score each search as met when the event matches an interest and the details are right. Follow up with planning (fn-lei-029).
- Limits
- Measures finding, not going. Event listings change; refresh materials.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-lei-042.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given a community events calendar (library, parks department, town website, or app), the student will find a free or low-cost event that matches an interest and tell the date, time, and place independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
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 goal363 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given a community events calendar (library, parks department, town website, or app), the student will find a free or low-cost event that matches an interest and tell the date, time, and place independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given a community events calendar (library, parks department, town website, or app)
- Behavior
- The student will find a free or low-cost event that matches an interest and tell the date, time, and place independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Weekly
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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:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given a community events calendar (library, parks department, town website, or app), the student will find a free or low-cost event that matches an interest and tell the date, time, and place independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected 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.