Warm up the voice before a performance
When to use this goal
For students on a voice plan who act, sing, or present in performances and skip warming up. Base the choice on the voice plan. Warm-up steps come from the SLP's plan and the performing arts teacher.
- Baseline
- Watch the student before two rehearsals and record which steps they do. Adjust steps to match the voice plan.
- Tips
- Score each step as independent, prompted, or not done. Replace steps with ones from the student's own plan. Directors can build the routine into whole-cast warm-ups.
- Limits
- Warm-ups support voice care but do not replace rest and medical follow-up. Rehearsal schedules vary.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID sl-voi-022.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, before a drama rehearsal or performance, the student will complete the vocal warm-up routine from their voice plan, performing all 6 steps independently, for 3 consecutive rehearsals or performances, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly during rehearsal season.
Baseline: 2 of 6 steps independently.
- 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. Task-analysis steps fits this behavior.
Met: Explicit criterion. Number and unit stated.
Met: Mastery rule and schedule. Both stated.
Met: Method produces the metric. Task-analysis checklist gives task-analysis steps 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 Voice.
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 - Voice
- Baseline
- 2 of 6 steps independently.
- Annual goal313 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, before a drama rehearsal or performance, the student will complete the vocal warm-up routine from their voice plan, performing all 6 steps independently, for 3 consecutive rehearsals or performances, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly during rehearsal season.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- Before a drama rehearsal or performance
- Behavior
- The student will complete the vocal warm-up routine from their voice plan
- Criteria
- Performing all 6 steps independently, for 3 consecutive rehearsals or performances
- Evaluation method
- A task-analysis checklist
- Schedule
- Weekly during rehearsal season
Copied as plain text, with straight quotes and plain dashes.
Matching data sheet
Task-analysis checklist. Marks each step in each session.
Task-analysis checklist
Task-analysis steps- Student label:
- Target:
- performing all 6 steps independently
- Mastery rule:
- for 3 consecutive rehearsals or performances
- Collection schedule:
- weekly during rehearsal season
- Method:
- Task-analysis checklist
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, before a drama rehearsal or performance, the student will complete the vocal warm-up routine from their voice plan, performing all 6 steps independently, for 3 consecutive rehearsals or performances, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected weekly during rehearsal season.
Key: I completed independently · S completed with support (note prompt type, e.g., G gesture, V verbal, M model, P physical) · N not completed
| Step | Session 1 Date: | Session 2 Date: | Session 3 Date: | Session 4 Date: | Session 5 Date: | Session 6 Date: | Session 7 Date: | Session 8 Date: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Sips water | ||||||||
| 2. Relaxes shoulders, neck, and jaw | ||||||||
| 3. Takes several slow belly breaths | ||||||||
| 4. Does gentle lip trills or hums | ||||||||
| 5. Glides gently from low to high pitch | ||||||||
| 6. Says a few opening lines in the target voice | ||||||||
| Steps independent (I) | ||||||||
| Initials / notes |
Preview shows 4 of 12 rows.
- Write the date at the top of each session column. Mark each step I, S, or N.
- Total the number of I marks for the session. The goal counts steps completed independently (target: 6 of 6).
- Use the least intrusive prompt first and record the prompt actually needed.
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