Respond to a peer's joke or playful comment
When to use this goal
For students who take a friend's joke as a literal statement or an insult, or who do not respond, so peers stop joking with them. Present levels decide fit. A response can be a laugh, a comment, a joke back, an emoji, or asking "Are you joking?" Asking is a strong skill, not a failure.
- Baseline
- Use scripted jokes and short clips in a group to see how the student reads them. Ask trusted peers and staff what happens when jokes happen in class.
- Tips
- Count any response that keeps the exchange friendly, including asking. Joking styles differ across cultures and families; use humor the student's peer group uses. Teasing that hurts is not a joke and is handled under conflict goals.
- Limits
- Natural jokes are hard to count; mix in planned ones and label them. The goal does not require the student to find something funny.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID se-peer-048.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when a familiar peer makes a joke or playful comment during class, lunch, or a club, the student will respond to the peer's joke with a laugh, a playful comment, an emoji, or the question "Are you joking?" independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, 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 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 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal380 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when a familiar peer makes a joke or playful comment during class, lunch, or a club, the student will respond to the peer's joke with a laugh, a playful comment, an emoji, or the question "Are you joking?" independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When a familiar peer makes a joke or playful comment during class, lunch, or a club
- Behavior
- The student will respond to the peer's joke with a laugh, a playful comment, an emoji, or the question "Are you joking?" independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions
- 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 sessions
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when a familiar peer makes a joke or playful comment during class, lunch, or a club, the student will respond to the peer's joke with a laugh, a playful comment, an emoji, or the question "Are you joking?" independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, 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.