Sit down in and stand up from a classroom chair with control
When to use this goal
For students who drop into chairs, miss the seat, pull the chair over, or need a hand to stand up from a desk chair, which happens dozens of times a day. Base the choice on observation of chair transitions during baseline; furniture fit should be checked first.
- Baseline
- Watch five sit-downs and five stand-ups and record control, hand use, and any help. Check that the student's feet reach the floor when seated and that the chair does not slide; a footrest or a chair with non-slip feet may solve most of it. Note whether the student looks back at the chair before sitting.
- Tips
- Classroom staff can observe this at any transition. The PT can suggest leg strengthening and a consistent cue sequence. This is a safety skill as much as a motor one; a student who drops into chairs can fall.
- Limits
- Chairs differ across the building (stools in art, benches in the cafeteria); name the chair in the condition. Students with significant motor needs may use adapted seating permanently. Does not measure sitting posture once seated.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID mt-gm-023.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when moving from standing to sitting in a classroom chair at a desk, the student will independently sit down with control, reaching back for the chair and lowering without dropping in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly observations, as measured by direct observation collected weekly during class transitions.
Baseline: 2 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 Gross Motor 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) - Gross Motor Skills
- Baseline
- 2 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal355 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when moving from standing to sitting in a classroom chair at a desk, the student will independently sit down with control, reaching back for the chair and lowering without dropping in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly observations, as measured by direct observation collected weekly during class transitions.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When moving from standing to sitting in a classroom chair at a desk
- Behavior
- The student will independently sit down with control, reaching back for the chair and lowering without dropping
- Criteria
- In 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly observations
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Weekly during class transitions
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 5 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weekly observations
- Collection schedule:
- weekly during class transitions
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when moving from standing to sitting in a classroom chair at a desk, the student will independently sit down with control, reaching back for the chair and lowering without dropping in 5 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly observations, as measured by direct observation collected weekly during class transitions.
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.