Self-check alertness at the start of each class
When to use this goal
For high school students who know their sensory needs but forget to check in with themselves until they are overloaded or shut down mid-class. Fits students who want a private system, decided by present levels and their input.
- Baseline
- Ask the student to try the log for a week and count the periods with an entry. Talk about which classes are hardest; that is where to start.
- Tips
- Privacy matters at this age: no visible charts. The log is the student's; the case manager reviews it only with permission. This carries over to adult work and college.
- Limits
- Data is self-reported. A log does not show whether the strategy helped; ask the student in the weekly review.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID mt-sen-009.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at the start of each class period, with a private rating on a phone app, card or notebook, the student will record a private alertness rating and use one planned strategy if the rating is low or high with no adult prompts in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly from the self-check log.
Baseline: 1 of 6 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 Sensory Processing & Regulation.
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) - Sensory Processing & Regulation
- Baseline
- 1 of 6 opportunities.
- Annual goal403 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at the start of each class period, with a private rating on a phone app, card or notebook, the student will record a private alertness rating and use one planned strategy if the rating is low or high with no adult prompts in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly from the self-check log.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At the start of each class period, with a private rating on a phone app, card or notebook
- Behavior
- The student will record a private alertness rating and use one planned strategy if the rating is low or high with no adult prompts
- Criteria
- In at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Weekly from the self-check log
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 5 of 6 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive weeks
- Collection schedule:
- weekly from the self-check log
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at the start of each class period, with a private rating on a phone app, card or notebook, the student will record a private alertness rating and use one planned strategy if the rating is low or high with no adult prompts in at least 5 of 6 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly from the self-check log.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | # + (of 6) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 6 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.