Text a peer to make weekend plans
When to use this goal
For high school and transition students who have friends at school but never see them outside it because they do not make plans. Present levels and family approval decide fit. Texting or messaging is how most teens plan.
- Baseline
- Ask the student and family whether the student has made plans with friends recently and how. Practice with a staff member first. The student chooses whether to share messages.
- Tips
- Score each week as met when the student sent a specific invitation (activity, day, time), whether or not the friend said yes. Online safety rules apply.
- Limits
- Peers' answers are outside the student's control. Relies partly on the student's report.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-lei-044.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, on Thursday or Friday, with a friend's number saved with family approval, the student will send a message inviting a friend to a specific activity with a day and time, and reply to the answer independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by direct observation collected weekly, from the student's report and shared messages.
Baseline: 0 of 4 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 4 opportunities.
- Annual goal398 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, on Thursday or Friday, with a friend's number saved with family approval, the student will send a message inviting a friend to a specific activity with a day and time, and reply to the answer independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by direct observation collected weekly, from the student's report and shared messages.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- On Thursday or Friday, with a friend's number saved with family approval
- Behavior
- The student will send a message inviting a friend to a specific activity with a day and time, and reply to the answer independently
- Criteria
- In at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Weekly, from the student's report and shared messages
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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 3 of 4 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 2 consecutive months
- Collection schedule:
- weekly, from the student's report and shared messages
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, on Thursday or Friday, with a friend's number saved with family approval, the student will send a message inviting a friend to a specific activity with a day and time, and reply to the answer independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by direct observation collected weekly, from the student's report and shared messages.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | # + (of 4) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Record up to 4 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.