Ask questions to find common ground with a peer
When to use this goal
For older students who want to connect with new peers (a new school, club, or job program) and do not know how to find common ground. Base the choice on the student's goal. The aim is a short exchange that finds a shared interest, not small talk for its own sake.
- Baseline
- Observe or role-play five first meetings and record whether the student asked about interests and found a shared one. Ask the student which settings they want to meet people in.
- Tips
- Each first meeting is one opportunity; score correct when the student asks and names something shared. Typed or AAC exchanges count. The student chooses whether to follow up; follow-up is not scored here.
- Limits
- New-peer meetings may be infrequent. Peers' willingness affects results. Does not measure friendship.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID sl-prag-043.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, during a structured peer activity in which students are paired with someone new, the student will ask the new peer about their interests and name one interest they share independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected every two weeks.
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 goal351 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, during a structured peer activity in which students are paired with someone new, the student will ask the new peer about their interests and name one interest they share independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected every two weeks.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- During a structured peer activity in which students are paired with someone new
- Behavior
- The student will ask the new peer about their interests and name one interest they share independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Every two weeks
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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 2 consecutive months
- Collection schedule:
- every two weeks
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, during a structured peer activity in which students are paired with someone new, the student will ask the new peer about their interests and name one interest they share independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 2 consecutive months, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected every two weeks.
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.