Decline an option and choose another
When to use this goal
For students who accept whatever is offered, or who show they do not want something only by pushing it away or leaving. Present levels in communication decide the response mode (word, sign, gesture, device message).
- Baseline
- Plan 5 offers of an item the student is known to dislike, with other choices shown. Record the response (accepts, pushes away, leaves, declines with a message) and whether a different option was chosen.
- Tips
- Honor every no right away; that is what teaches the skill. For required tasks, offer a choice inside the task instead (which one first, where to sit) rather than an option that cannot be declined.
- Limits
- Only works with options the student is free to decline. Planned offers of disliked items should be brief and respectful.
Original IEP Atlas template based on general measurement principles; not copied from any goal bank. ID tn-sd-020.
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Goal
By the annual IEP review date, when offered an option the student does not want, such as a food, task or activity, at a planned choice point, the student will decline the option with a word, sign, gesture or device message and choose another from the choices shown independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily at planned choice points, summarized weekly.
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 Self-Determination.
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
- Transition & Postsecondary Skills - Self-Determination
- Baseline
- 1 of 5 opportunities.
- Annual goal467 characters
- By the annual IEP review date, when offered an option the student does not want, such as a food, task or activity, at a planned choice point, the student will decline the option with a word, sign, gesture or device message and choose another from the choices shown independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily at planned choice points, summarized weekly.
- Timeframe
- By the annual IEP review date
- Condition
- When offered an option the student does not want, such as a food, task or activity, at a planned choice point
- Behavior
- The student will decline the option with a word, sign, gesture or device message and choose another from the choices shown independently
- Criteria
- In at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection sessions
- Evaluation method
- Opportunity-by-opportunity data
- Schedule
- Daily at planned choice points, summarized 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 4 of 5 opportunities
- Mastery rule:
- across 3 consecutive data collection sessions
- Collection schedule:
- daily at planned choice points, summarized weekly
- Method:
- Opportunity (trial) recording
- Data collector:
Goal: By the annual IEP review date, when offered an option the student does not want, such as a food, task or activity, at a planned choice point, the student will decline the option with a word, sign, gesture or device message and choose another from the choices shown independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily at planned choice points, summarized 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 | # + (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.