Ask to sit with peers at lunch or in the commons
When to use this goal
For older students who eat alone or in an office and want to join peers but do not know how to ask. Start from the student's own wish; eating alone by choice is fine. Present levels decide fit. Asking can be spoken, signed, typed, or from a device.
- Baseline
- Ask the student whether and with whom they would like to sit. Observe 5 lunch periods and note what the student did on entering. Check the cafeteria layout and noise; a quieter corner may help.
- Tips
- An opportunity is a lunch or free period on which the student told staff they wanted to sit with peers. Asking counts whatever the answer. Use the student's choice of peers. Keep staff in the background.
- Limits
- Peer answers are outside the student's control. The goal does not measure conversation at the table.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID se-peer-051.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when they enter the cafeteria or commons and want to sit with peers, the student will ask a peer or group if they can sit with them independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected weekly.
Baseline: 0 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. Direct observation 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
- 0 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal290 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when they enter the cafeteria or commons and want to sit with peers, the student will ask a peer or group if they can sit with them independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation collected weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When they enter the cafeteria or commons and want to sit with peers
- Behavior
- The student will ask a peer or group if they can sit with them independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- 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 weeks
- Collection schedule:
- weekly
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when they enter the cafeteria or commons and want to sit with peers, the student will ask a peer or group if they can sit with them independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by direct observation 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.