Request more food or drink at snack
When to use this goal
For young children who reach, cry or wait when they want more, and who are learning a word, sign or symbol to ask. Communication levels, not age, decide the mode.
- Baseline
- Set up five chances at snack by serving small portions, and record whether the child asked (and how), reached, or waited. Note the mode used at home.
- Tips
- Small portions create natural chances to ask. Honor every request the plan allows. Model with core words (more, drink, eat) on the child's device.
- 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. Portion sizes and foods follow the plan and family wishes. The goal is about asking, not about how much the child eats.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID mt-fd-016.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during snack, after finishing a small first portion of a food they chose, the student will ask for more using a word, sign, symbol or device with no adult prompts in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily at snack.
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 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 goal325 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during snack, after finishing a small first portion of a food they chose, the student will ask for more using a word, sign, symbol or device with no adult prompts in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily at snack.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During snack, after finishing a small first portion of a food they chose
- Behavior
- The student will ask for more using a word, sign, symbol or device with no adult prompts
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Daily at snack
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
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 snack
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during snack, after finishing a small first portion of a food they chose, the student will ask for more using a word, sign, symbol or device with no adult prompts in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily at snack.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- 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.