Pass a shared dish at family-style snack
When to use this goal
For young children who grab from shared bowls, take the whole dish, or do not pass it on during family-style snack or lunch. Fits children who can hold a light bowl with two hands; observed family-style meals, not age, decide fit.
- Baseline
- Record five passes over a week: took a serving and passed, kept the dish, grabbed from it before it arrived, or needed adult help. Note whether trouble is motor (holding a bowl steady) or waiting; each needs a different first step.
- Tips
- Family-style meals give many natural chances to practice passing, waiting and asking for food. Use light, unbreakable bowls and small amounts. Pair with a request goal so the child can also ask for a dish to be passed to them.
- 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. Children on a restricted diet may need their own food rather than shared dishes; keep their safe foods separate. Measures the passing routine, not how much the child eats.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID mt-fd-032.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during family-style snack, when a shared bowl reaches them, the student will take a serving, then pass the dish with two hands to the next person before an adult prompt in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 3 of 4 observed weeks, as measured by direct observation collected at family-style snack three times a week.
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 goal345 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during family-style snack, when a shared bowl reaches them, the student will take a serving, then pass the dish with two hands to the next person before an adult prompt in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 3 of 4 observed weeks, as measured by direct observation collected at family-style snack three times a week.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During family-style snack, when a shared bowl reaches them
- Behavior
- The student will take a serving, then pass the dish with two hands to the next person before an adult prompt
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 3 of 4 observed weeks
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- At family-style snack three times a week
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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 3 of 4 observed weeks
- Collection schedule:
- at family-style snack three times a week
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during family-style snack, when a shared bowl reaches them, the student will take a serving, then pass the dish with two hands to the next person before an adult prompt in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 3 of 4 observed weeks, as measured by direct observation collected at family-style snack three times a week.
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.