Find a familiar object when it is named
When to use this goal
For children who are starting to respond to words for familiar things. Present levels decide fit. Start with objects the student uses every day and only 2 choices.
- Baseline
- Use 6 to 8 familiar objects. Present 10 named requests with 2 choices, changing positions, and record correct choices, wrong choices, and no response. With 2 choices, a child guessing gets about half right; set the target well above that.
- Tips
- Do not point or look at the object when naming it; that cues the answer. Move positions every time. Any selection counts (touch, point, give). Use the words the family uses for each object.
- Limits
- With 2 choices, chance is high; read the data with that in mind. The goal covers familiar nouns only. Children with low vision need objects they can find by touch, planned with the TVI.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID sl-ec-026.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, given 2 familiar objects on the table and the partner naming one ("Where's the cup?") without pointing, the student will touch, point to, pick up, or give the named object independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice weekly.
Baseline: 4 of 10 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 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
- 4 of 10 opportunities.
- Annual goal353 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, given 2 familiar objects on the table and the partner naming one ("Where's the cup?") without pointing, the student will touch, point to, pick up, or give the named object independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Given 2 familiar objects on the table and the partner naming one ("Where's the cup?") without pointing
- Behavior
- The student will touch, point, pick up, or give the named object independently
- Criteria
- In at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Twice 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 8 of 10 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive sessions
- Collection schedule:
- twice weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, given 2 familiar objects on the table and the partner naming one ("Where's the cup?") without pointing, the student will touch, point to, pick up, or give the named object independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected twice 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 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | # + (of 10) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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- Record up to 10 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.