Interpret hints and indirect requests
When to use this goal
For older students who answer indirect requests literally ("Can you get the door?" answered with "Yes") or miss hints from teachers, coworkers, or friends. Present levels decide fit.
- Baseline
- Use 10 scenarios from the student's settings. Score correct when the meaning and a fitting response are given.
- Tips
- Asking "Do you want me to...?" is always a fine response. Teach adults that direct requests also help.
- Limits
- Hints vary by culture and family. The goal does not measure following through on the request.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID se-aw-038.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given 10 short scenarios with an indirect request or hint at school, home, or work (such as "It's getting cold in here"), the student will say what the speaker is really asking for and a response that fits independently with at least 80% accuracy on indirect request scenarios, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, 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 goal410 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given 10 short scenarios with an indirect request or hint at school, home, or work (such as "It's getting cold in here"), the student will say what the speaker is really asking for and a response that fits independently with at least 80% accuracy on indirect request scenarios, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given 10 short scenarios with an indirect request or hint at school, home, or work (such as "It's getting cold in here")
- Behavior
- The student will say what the speaker is really asking for and a response that fits independently
- Criteria
- With at least 80% accuracy on indirect request scenarios, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- 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 indirect request scenarios
- Mastery rule:
- in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given 10 short scenarios with an indirect request or hint at school, home, or work (such as "It's getting cold in here"), the student will say what the speaker is really asking for and a response that fits independently with at least 80% accuracy on indirect request scenarios, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, 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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