Choose and rate a try-menu food
When to use this goal
For students with a limited food list who can make choices and use a simple rating scale, and who want more control over trying foods. Fits when the student and family agree to it, decided by present levels and team input.
- Baseline
- At five tasting times, record whether the student chose a food, what they did with it, and their rating. Collect the family's list of foods eaten at home; the try menu should include foods close to those (a new brand, a new shape).
- Tips
- The rating, not the eating, is the point: it gives the student a voice and a record of foods they might like. A not-for-me rating is a complete success. Share the ratings with the family.
- 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. Foods must be safe for the plan and allergies. The goal does not aim at intake and is not a substitute for clinical feeding therapy.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID mt-fd-014.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a weekly tasting time, given a menu of three new foods the student helped choose, the student will choose one food from the try menu, explore it in a chosen way, and rate it on a three-point scale (like it, okay, not for me) with no adult prompts in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected weekly at tasting time.
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 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
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal414 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a weekly tasting time, given a menu of three new foods the student helped choose, the student will choose one food from the try menu, explore it in a chosen way, and rate it on a three-point scale (like it, okay, not for me) with no adult prompts in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected weekly at tasting time.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a weekly tasting time, given a menu of three new foods the student helped choose
- Behavior
- The student will choose one food from the try menu, explore it in a chosen way, and rate it on a three-point scale (like it, okay, not for me) with no adult prompts
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Weekly at tasting time
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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 4 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- weekly at tasting time
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a weekly tasting time, given a menu of three new foods the student helped choose, the student will choose one food from the try menu, explore it in a chosen way, and rate it on a three-point scale (like it, okay, not for me) with no adult prompts in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 4 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected weekly at tasting time.
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.