Decline to share personal information when asked by a peer or stranger
When to use this goal
For students who answer any question asked of them, including requests for passwords, home address, photos, or family details, in person or online. Base the choice on family input and any online safety concerns. A refusal can be a phrase, a card, or a device message, and may be followed by telling an adult.
- Baseline
- With the family, list what information is private for this student. Run 5 role-play or practice-message probes with varied requesters (peer, adult, online) and record whether the student shared, declined, or declined and told an adult. Ask the student what they think is okay to share and with whom.
- Tips
- An opportunity is a probe or a reported real request. Score correct when the student declines clearly and, for unfamiliar or online requesters, tells a trusted adult the same day. Keep role-plays short and matter-of-fact. The list of what is private is the student's and family's; sharing with a parent or case manager is not a failure. This is a safety and self-determination skill, not a social-rules lesson.
- Limits
- Real requests are rarely observed, so data come mostly from probes, which overestimate real-world use. Requests from friends are harder than from strangers; include both. Online safety also requires adult supervision and school policy, which the goal does not replace.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID se-sa-022.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when a peer, an unfamiliar person, or an online contact asks for personal information (such as password, address, phone number, photos) or asks them to keep a secret from adults, the student will decline to share the information (such as "I don't give that out") and, if the request came from an unfamiliar person or online, tell a trusted adult independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly probe sets, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected monthly role-play and message probes plus any reported real events.
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 Self-Advocacy.
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 - Self-Advocacy
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal590 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when a peer, an unfamiliar person, or an online contact asks for personal information (such as password, address, phone number, photos) or asks them to keep a secret from adults, the student will decline to share the information (such as "I don't give that out") and, if the request came from an unfamiliar person or online, tell a trusted adult independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly probe sets, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected monthly role-play and message probes plus any reported real events.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When a peer, an unfamiliar person, or an online contact asks for personal information (such as password, address, phone number, photos) or asks them to keep a secret from adults
- Behavior
- The student will decline to share the information (such as "I don't give that out") and, if the request came from an unfamiliar person or online, tell a trusted adult independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly probe sets
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Monthly role-play and message probes plus any reported real events
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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 monthly probe sets
- Collection schedule:
- monthly role-play and message probes plus any reported real events
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when a peer, an unfamiliar person, or an online contact asks for personal information (such as password, address, phone number, photos) or asks them to keep a secret from adults, the student will decline to share the information (such as "I don't give that out") and, if the request came from an unfamiliar person or online, tell a trusted adult independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive monthly probe sets, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected monthly role-play and message probes plus any reported real events.
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.