Respond to name from across the room
When to use this goal
For children who respond to their name only up close or not at all during play. Present levels and a hearing check decide fit. Any response counts: turning, pausing, coming over, vocalizing, or answering.
- Baseline
- Make sure a recent hearing screening is on file. Call the name 10 times across a few days, spread out so it does not become a drill, and record any response within about 5 seconds. Note the distance and how engaged the student was.
- Tips
- Call the name once, in a normal voice, then wait about 5 seconds. Give a reason to respond (a quick fun moment, a turn) every time. Never require the student to look at the adult; pausing, turning the body, or coming over all count.
- Limits
- Responding to name is not a hearing test; refer hearing concerns to the audiologist. Calling the name too often makes it less meaningful. This goal does not cover following a direction after the name.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID sl-ec-027.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during free play, when a familiar adult calls the student's name once from 6 to 10 feet away in a normal voice, the student will respond to their name by pausing, turning their head or body toward the adult, moving toward the adult, or vocalizing or answering independently in at least 7 of 10 opportunities, on 4 of 5 data collection days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily across routines.
Baseline: 2 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
- 2 of 10 opportunities.
- Annual goal451 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during free play, when a familiar adult calls the student's name once from 6 to 10 feet away in a normal voice, the student will respond to their name by pausing, turning their head or body toward the adult, moving toward the adult, or vocalizing or answering independently in at least 7 of 10 opportunities, on 4 of 5 data collection days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily across routines.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During free play, when a familiar adult calls the student's name once from 6 to 10 feet away in a normal voice
- Behavior
- The student will respond to their name by pausing, turning their head or body toward the adult, moving toward the adult, or vocalizing or answering independently
- Criteria
- In at least 7 of 10 opportunities, on 4 of 5 data collection days
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Daily across routines
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 7 of 10 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- on 4 of 5 data collection days
- Collection schedule:
- daily across routines
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during free play, when a familiar adult calls the student's name once from 6 to 10 feet away in a normal voice, the student will respond to their name by pausing, turning their head or body toward the adult, moving toward the adult, or vocalizing or answering independently in at least 7 of 10 opportunities, on 4 of 5 data collection days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily across routines.
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.