Handle a hurtful online message with a plan
When to use this goal
For students who reply to hurtful posts or messages in anger, which often grows into bigger conflicts at school. Present levels, not grade, decide fit. Use school platforms and realistic mock messages; the student never has to share private accounts.
- Baseline
- Show five mock messages of varying hurtfulness and ask the student to show or say what they would do. Ask what happened the last time a message upset them. Record which replies would escalate and which would not.
- Tips
- Build the plan with the student; the options and their order are theirs. Score correct when the response is any non-escalating plan step. Threats and harassment always go to an adult; saving a screenshot and telling an adult is a strong choice.
- Limits
- Most online conflict happens outside school, so data are mostly scenario-based; families can log real events if they want to. Serious harassment, threats, or exploitation follow the school's safety procedures, not this goal.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID se-cr-021.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during scenario practice with realistic mock messages, posts, or comments on a school device, the student will use their online conflict plan by pausing before replying, then choosing to ignore, block, save a screenshot, report, or send one calm reply independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
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. 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 Conflict Resolution.
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
- Social-Emotional & Communication - Conflict Resolution
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal431 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during scenario practice with realistic mock messages, posts, or comments on a school device, the student will use their online conflict plan by pausing before replying, then choosing to ignore, block, save a screenshot, report, or send one calm reply independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During scenario practice with realistic mock messages, posts, or comments on a school device
- Behavior
- The student will use their online conflict plan by pausing before replying, then choosing to ignore, block, save a screenshot, report, or send one calm reply independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly probes
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Weekly
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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:
- across 3 consecutive weekly probes
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during scenario practice with realistic mock messages, posts, or comments on a school device, the student will use their online conflict plan by pausing before replying, then choosing to ignore, block, save a screenshot, report, or send one calm reply independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
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.