Find a shared interest with a new peer
When to use this goal
For students who stay with one topic with every peer, or who never learn what a new peer likes. Present levels decide fit. Questions and answers can be spoken, typed, or signed.
- Baseline
- Set up 3 or 4 conversations with peers they do not know well and record whether the student asked about interests and found a match. Note if the student only talked about their own interest.
- Tips
- Score correct when the student names a real shared interest, aloud or in writing. Their own strong interest can be the match if the peer shares it. Rotate peers so it is a skill, not a script with one person.
- Limits
- Planned conversations are needed to get steady data. The goal does not measure whether a friendship forms.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID se-peer-047.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a structured get-to-know-you activity with a peer they do not know well, the student will ask the peer about their interests and name one interest they both share independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice monthly.
Baseline: 1 of 4 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 Peer Interaction.
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 - Peer Interaction
- Baseline
- 1 of 4 opportunities.
- Annual goal349 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a structured get-to-know-you activity with a peer they do not know well, the student will ask the peer about their interests and name one interest they both share independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice monthly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a structured get-to-know-you activity with a peer they do not know well
- Behavior
- The student will ask the peer about their interests and name one interest they both share independently
- Criteria
- In at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Twice monthly
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 3 of 4 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 2 consecutive months
- Collection schedule:
- twice monthly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a structured get-to-know-you activity with a peer they do not know well, the student will ask the peer about their interests and name one interest they both share independently in at least 3 of 4 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice monthly.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | # + (of 4) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 4 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.