Wave or signal hello and goodbye
When to use this goal
For children who do not yet greet familiar people in any mode. Present levels and family routines decide fit. Any clear signal counts: a wave, a sign, a sound, a device message, a word, or a movement toward the person.
- Baseline
- Record 8 natural greetings across arrival, departure, and visitors over a few days. Note whether the student responds in any mode, after a model, or not at all, and which people get a response.
- Tips
- Accept every mode the student uses; the goal is the social signal, not a spoken word. The student does not need to look at the person. Ask families what greeting is used at home so the classroom can match it.
- Limits
- Greetings happen a few times a day, so data build slowly; pool across adults. Not a conversation goal. Some families do not wave as a greeting; use the family's form.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID sl-ec-008.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, at arrival and departure, when a familiar adult or peer greets the student by name with "Hi" or "Bye", the student will greet or say goodbye by waving, signing, vocalizing, selecting a device message, or saying the word independently in at least 6 of 8 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by direct observation collected daily at arrival and departure.
Baseline: 1 of 8 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 Early Communication.
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
- Speech & Language - Early Communication
- Baseline
- 1 of 8 opportunities.
- Annual goal399 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, at arrival and departure, when a familiar adult or peer greets the student by name with "Hi" or "Bye", the student will greet or say goodbye by waving, signing, vocalizing, selecting a device message, or saying the word independently in at least 6 of 8 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by direct observation collected daily at arrival and departure.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- At arrival and departure, when a familiar adult or peer greets the student by name with "Hi" or "Bye"
- Behavior
- The student will greet or say goodbye by waving, signing, vocalizing, selecting a device message, or saying the word independently
- Criteria
- In at least 6 of 8 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days
- Evaluation method
- Direct observation
- Schedule
- Daily at arrival and departure
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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 6 of 8 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- on 4 of 5 observed days
- Collection schedule:
- daily at arrival and departure
- Method:
- Direct observation
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, at arrival and departure, when a familiar adult or peer greets the student by name with "Hi" or "Bye", the student will greet or say goodbye by waving, signing, vocalizing, selecting a device message, or saying the word independently in at least 6 of 8 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by direct observation collected daily at arrival and departure.
Key: + demonstrated independently · P demonstrated with a prompt (note type) · − not demonstrated · NA no opportunity occurred
| Date | Activity / context | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | # + (of 8) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 8 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.
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