Give a toy to a peer when asked or offer a trade
When to use this goal
For young students who hold onto every toy, cry when asked to share, or take toys from peers. Base the choice on observation during centers. Sharing is taught with structure (timers, trades, duplicates) so it is fair, not forced.
- Baseline
- Observe centers for 3 sessions and record each peer request for the student's toy and the response: hands it over, offers a trade or a wait, refuses calmly, cries, or hits. Set up 3 structured sharing trials with a timer. Note which toys are hardest to share; start with easier ones.
- Tips
- An opportunity is a peer request or trade offer, or the end of a sharing timer. Score correct when the student hands over the toy, offers a trade, or says when the peer can have it and then follows through, within 10 seconds and without crying, hitting, or grabbing. Saying "when I'm done" counts only if the handover follows. Teach peers to ask rather than take, and keep the turn the student gives up short.
- Limits
- Sharing on demand is not always fair; the plan should protect the student's turns too. Peer requests are unpredictable; structured practice supplies steady data. Does not measure the student asking for toys (see se-cr-009 and se-com-021).
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID se-play-007.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when a peer asks for a toy they are using during centers or free play, the student will give the toy to the peer, or offer a trade or say "when I'm done" and hand it over when the timer ends independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected three times per week during centers.
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 Play & Social Participation.
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 - Play & Social Participation
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal406 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when a peer asks for a toy they are using during centers or free play, the student will give the toy to the peer, or offer a trade or say "when I'm done" and hand it over when the timer ends independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected three times per week during centers.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When a peer asks for a toy they are using during centers or free play
- Behavior
- The student will give the toy to the peer, or offer a trade or say "when I'm done" and hand it over when the timer ends independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection days
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Three times per week during centers
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 4 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive data collection days
- Collection schedule:
- three times per week during centers
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when a peer asks for a toy they are using during centers or free play, the student will give the toy to the peer, or offer a trade or say "when I'm done" and hand it over when the timer ends independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected three times per week during centers.
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.