Share prepared IEP meeting messages with an AAC device
When to use this goal
For students who use a speech-generating device, a communication app, or a symbol board and who are usually spoken about at meetings rather than heard from. Present levels and current AAC skills, not grade, decide fit. Messages can be stored ahead of time and selected by any access method.
- Baseline
- Program the page with the student and, without prompts, ask them to share it with a familiar adult. Mark each message they select. Record access issues (reach, scanning speed, page navigation) separately so they are fixed rather than counted against the student.
- Tips
- Choose the messages with the student, using their choices and family input, in a voice the student picks. At the meeting, give wait time and ask team members to speak to the student directly. Coordinate with the SLP.
- Limits
- Prepared messages bring the student's voice into the meeting but do not show spontaneous language; track generative AAC use separately. Device problems on the day are an adult responsibility, not a missed step.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID se-sa-033.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during their annual IEP meeting, with an IEP page programmed on their device, the student will select prepared messages on their device to greet the team, share what they like, share what helps them, and respond to a question about their goals, performing at least 5 of 7 steps independently, on 3 consecutive rehearsals and at the annual IEP meeting, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected twice weekly in the month before the IEP meeting.
Baseline: 1 of 7 steps independently.
- 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. Task-analysis steps fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Task-analysis checklist gives task-analysis steps 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 7 steps independently.
- Annual goal483 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during their annual IEP meeting, with an IEP page programmed on their device, the student will select prepared messages on their device to greet the team, share what they like, share what helps them, and respond to a question about their goals, performing at least 5 of 7 steps independently, on 3 consecutive rehearsals and at the annual IEP meeting, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected twice weekly in the month before the IEP meeting.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During their annual IEP meeting, with an IEP page programmed on their device
- Behavior
- The student will select prepared messages on their device to greet the team, share what they like, share what helps them, and respond to a question about their goals
- Criteria
- Performing at least 5 of 7 steps independently, on 3 consecutive rehearsals and at the annual IEP meeting
- Evaluation method
- A task-analysis checklist
- Schedule
- Twice weekly in the month before the IEP meeting
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
Matching data sheet
Task-analysis checklist. Marks each step in each session.
Task-analysis checklist
Task-analysis steps- Student label:
- Target:
- performing at least 5 of 7 steps independently
- Mastery rule:
- on 3 consecutive rehearsals and at the annual IEP meeting
- Collection schedule:
- twice weekly in the month before the IEP meeting
- Method:
- Task-analysis checklist
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during their annual IEP meeting, with an IEP page programmed on their device, the student will select prepared messages on their device to greet the team, share what they like, share what helps them, and respond to a question about their goals, performing at least 5 of 7 steps independently, on 3 consecutive rehearsals and at the annual IEP meeting, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected twice weekly in the month before the IEP meeting.
Key: I completed independently · S completed with support (note prompt type, e.g., G gesture, V verbal, M model, P physical) · N not completed
| Step | Session 1 Date: | Session 2 Date: | Session 3 Date: | Session 4 Date: | Session 5 Date: | Session 6 Date: | Session 7 Date: | Session 8 Date: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Selects a greeting message | ||||||||
| 2. Selects a message introducing themselves | ||||||||
| 3. Selects a message naming something they like or do well | ||||||||
| 4. Selects a message naming something that helps them | ||||||||
| 5. Selects a message about a goal or wish for next year | ||||||||
| 6. Responds to one team question with yes, no, or a stored message | ||||||||
| 7. Selects a closing message | ||||||||
| Steps independent (I) | ||||||||
| Initials / notes |
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Write the date at the top of each session column. Mark each step I, S, or N.
- Total the number of I marks for the session. The goal counts steps completed independently (target: 5 of 7).
- Use the least intrusive prompt first and record the prompt actually needed.
The CSV opens in Excel or Google Sheets, with formulas. Sheets print blank; no student data is stored.