Greet and say goodbye to familiar people
When to use this goal
For young students who do not yet return or offer a greeting when someone they know says hello or leaves, and who want a way to connect. Base the choice on observation at arrival and dismissal and family input. Works with speech, sign, a wave, or an AAC message.
- Baseline
- Record the first five greetings directed to the student each day for a week and whether the student responded in any mode within 5 seconds. Note who the student greets spontaneously, if anyone. Ask the family what greeting the child uses at home and in the home language; any form counts.
- Tips
- Each greeting or farewell directed to the student is one opportunity; score the first five per day. Score correct when any recognizable greeting response occurs within 5 seconds, in any mode. Score the message only; do not score eye contact, facial expression, posture, or tone of voice. Greeting is a choice; a student who declines to greet an unfamiliar adult is not scored as incorrect. Build in natural greetings rather than drilling.
- Limits
- Opportunities vary by day and depend on adults greeting the student by name. Greeting routines can become rote; the aim is connection, so watch for whether the student uses greetings with peers they like. Does not measure conversation beyond the greeting.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID sl-prag-006.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when a familiar adult or peer greets them by name at arrival or in the hallway, the student will return the greeting or farewell with a word, sign, wave, or AAC message within 5 seconds independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily during arrival and dismissal.
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 Pragmatic Language.
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 - Pragmatic Language
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal385 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when a familiar adult or peer greets them by name at arrival or in the hallway, the student will return the greeting or farewell with a word, sign, wave, or AAC message within 5 seconds independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily during arrival and dismissal.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When a familiar adult or peer greets them by name at arrival or in the hallway
- Behavior
- The student will return the greeting or farewell with a word, sign, wave, or AAC message within 5 seconds independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Daily during arrival and dismissal
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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 weeks
- Collection schedule:
- daily during arrival and dismissal
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when a familiar adult or peer greets them by name at arrival or in the hallway, the student will return the greeting or farewell with a word, sign, wave, or AAC message within 5 seconds independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive weeks, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily during arrival and dismissal.
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.