Open lunch items from a six-item probe
When to use this goal
For children who bring or buy lunch and wait for an adult to open most items, losing eating time. A probe with the items the child really gets at lunch, not grade, decides fit.
- Baseline
- Build the probe from a week of the student's real lunches and score each item as opened alone, opened with a cue, or opened by an adult. Note grip and two-handed use; many packages need one hand to hold while the other pulls.
- Tips
- Talk with the family: pre-opened or easier packaging is a quick fix alongside teaching. Practice outside lunch so the child does not lose eating time. Milk cartons are often the hardest; teach them last.
- Limits
- Food textures, liquid thickness, positioning for safe swallowing and any swallowing precautions come from the student's feeding or swallowing plan, which this goal never changes. Some packages are hard for adults too; the probe should reflect real lunches, not the hardest items. Accuracy on a probe does not show speed at real lunch.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID mt-fd-007.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given a probe set of six common lunch items from the student's own lunches (such as a milk carton, a snack bag, a lidded container, a yogurt cup, a fruit cup and a string cheese wrapper), the student will independently open each item so the food or drink can be reached without spilling the contents with at least 80% accuracy on lunch items opened, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
Baseline: 30% accuracy.
- 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. Percent accuracy 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 percent accuracy 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 Feeding & Mealtime Skills.
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
- Motor & Sensory Skills (OT, PT & Adapted PE) - Feeding & Mealtime Skills
- Baseline
- 30% accuracy.
- Annual goal482 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given a probe set of six common lunch items from the student's own lunches (such as a milk carton, a snack bag, a lidded container, a yogurt cup, a fruit cup and a string cheese wrapper), the student will independently open each item so the food or drink can be reached without spilling the contents with at least 80% accuracy on lunch items opened, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given a probe set of six common lunch items from the student's own lunches (such as a milk carton, a snack bag, a lidded container, a yogurt cup, a fruit cup and a string cheese wrapper)
- Behavior
- The student will independently open each item so the food or drink can be reached without spilling the contents
- Criteria
- With at least 80% accuracy on lunch items opened, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Accuracy tracker. Records number correct and number attempted.
Accuracy tracker
Percent accuracy- Student label:
- Target:
- with at least 80% accuracy on lunch items opened
- Mastery rule:
- in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given a probe set of six common lunch items from the student's own lunches (such as a milk carton, a snack bag, a lidded container, a yogurt cup, a fruit cup and a string cheese wrapper), the student will independently open each item so the food or drink can be reached without spilling the contents with at least 80% accuracy on lunch items opened, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
| Date | Task / materials | # correct | # attempted | % accuracycorrect ÷ attempted × 100 | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Score only items the student attempted unless the goal defines a fixed set of items. Use the same denominator every session.
- Percent = numerator ÷ denominator × 100. Round to one decimal place.
- Record the support actually provided, even if the goal is independent performance.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.