Use the bathroom before leaving for an outing
When to use this goal
For students who toilet at school but have accidents on the bus, on field trips, or at recess because they skip the bathroom before leaving. Base the choice on accident logs by setting. Fits students who use the toilet on their own once they get there.
- Baseline
- For two weeks, log each departure (recess, lunch, bus, trip), whether the student used the bathroom first, and any accident during the outing. Accidents usually cluster at one or two departures; start the goal there.
- Tips
- Build the bathroom stop into the class routine before departures so it is not singled out. Score each departure as one opportunity. The student may decline if they truly do not need to go, but should try; record a tried-and-nothing as met.
- Limits
- Does not cover finding restrooms during the outing itself; see fn-toi-024 for community restrooms. Long bus rides may need a planned stop in the plan regardless of this goal.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID fn-toi-016.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, before recess, lunch, a bus ride, or a field trip departure, the student will go to the bathroom and use the toilet before the group leaves independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by direct observation collected daily at the main departures.
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. 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 Toileting.
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 - Toileting
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal317 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, before recess, lunch, a bus ride, or a field trip departure, the student will go to the bathroom and use the toilet before the group leaves independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by direct observation collected daily at the main departures.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Before recess, lunch, a bus ride, or a field trip departure
- Behavior
- The student will go to the bathroom and use the toilet before the group leaves independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Daily at the main departures
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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:
- on 4 of 5 observed days
- Collection schedule:
- daily at the main departures
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, before recess, lunch, a bus ride, or a field trip departure, the student will go to the bathroom and use the toilet before the group leaves independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by direct observation collected daily at the main departures.
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.
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