Tell when someone is joking
When to use this goal
For students who miss jokes, react to them as serious, or are unsure whether to laugh. Present levels decide fit. Clues include laughing, an impossible or silly statement, and the way the person says it.
- Baseline
- Use 10 scenes of school-age humor. Score the judgment and a clue. Note whether the student laughs at serious lines or not at jokes.
- Tips
- The student does not have to find jokes funny. The goal is telling a joke from a serious statement so they can respond as they choose. Puns and wordplay belong in vocabulary-semantics.
- Limits
- Humor varies by culture and group. Scenes are simpler than real conversation.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID se-aw-017.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given 10 short scenes of peers talking, half including a joke and half serious, the student will say whether the person is joking or serious and name one clue independently with at least 80% accuracy on joke or serious scenes, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
Baseline: 40% accuracy.
- 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. Percent accuracy 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 percent accuracy 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 Social Awareness & Perspective Taking.
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.
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- Area of need
- Social-Emotional & Communication - Social Awareness & Perspective Taking
- Baseline
- 40% accuracy.
- Annual goal353 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given 10 short scenes of peers talking, half including a joke and half serious, the student will say whether the person is joking or serious and name one clue independently with at least 80% accuracy on joke or serious scenes, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given 10 short scenes of peers talking, half including a joke and half serious
- Behavior
- The student will say whether the person is joking or serious and name one clue independently
- Criteria
- With at least 80% accuracy on joke or serious scenes, across 3 consecutive sessions
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Weekly
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Matching data sheet
Accuracy tracker. Records number correct and number attempted.
Accuracy tracker
Percent accuracy- Student label:
- Target:
- with at least 80% accuracy on joke or serious scenes
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive sessions
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given 10 short scenes of peers talking, half including a joke and half serious, the student will say whether the person is joking or serious and name one clue independently with at least 80% accuracy on joke or serious scenes, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
| Date | Task / materials | # correct | # attempted | % accuracycorrect ÷ attempted × 100 | Support levele.g., independent, 1 verbal prompt | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Score only items the student attempted unless the goal defines a fixed set of items. Use the same denominator every session.
- Percent = numerator ÷ denominator × 100. Round to one decimal place.
- Record the support actually provided, even if the goal is independent performance.
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