IEP goals for Multiple Disabilities

• PK, K-2Opportunities

  Get a person's attention the visual way

  Getting attention visually

  By the annual IEP review date, during play and routines, when the child wants to tell an adult or peer something, the student will get the partner's attention by tapping their shoulder or arm, waving in view, or tapping the table, then wait for them to turn before signing independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by direct observation collected daily during play.

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• PK, K-2Percent accuracy

  Sign the names of familiar objects and actions

  Early sign vocabulary

  By the annual IEP review date, given pictures or real objects of familiar items and actions from daily routines, the student will sign the name of the object or action independently with at least 80% accuracy on target signs produced, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.

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• PK, K-2, 3-5Opportunities

  Hand a picture to a partner to request a preferred item

  Picture exchange to request

  By the annual IEP review date, given a preferred item in view and a single picture of it within reach, during snack or play, the student will pick up the picture and release it into the partner's open hand independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily during snack or play.

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• PK, K-2, 3-5Opportunities

  Build a two-symbol request such as "I want" plus an item

  Two-symbol requests

  By the annual IEP review date, given a sentence strip, an "I want" symbol, and pictures of 5 or more available items during snack or play, the student will combine the request symbol and the item symbol and give or show the message to the partner independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily during snack or play.

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• PK, K-2Opportunities

  Track a braille line from left to right

  Tactile tracking

  By the annual IEP review date, given a tactile worksheet of double-spaced raised lines, during a short TVI session, the student will independently move the fingertips of both hands along the line from the left margin to the end without lifting off the line in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected each TVI session.

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• PK, K-2Percent accuracy

  Match tactile shapes and dot patterns

  Tactile discrimination

  By the annual IEP review date, given a row of 4 raised shapes or braille cells, with one that matches a target at the left of the row, the student will find and touch the item in the row that matches the target independently with at least 85% accuracy on matching and odd-one-out rows, in 3 of 4 consecutive weekly probes, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected weekly.

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• PK, K-2Task-analysis steps

  Walk with a sighted guide

  Sighted guide

  By the annual IEP review date, when walking with a familiar adult or peer guide from the classroom to another room in the school, the student will take the guide's arm with the guide grip and walk a half step behind, following the guide's turns and stops, performing all 5 steps independently, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by a task-analysis checklist collected during each O&M lesson.

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• PK, K-2Opportunities

  Trail a wall to a familiar door

  Trailing

  By the annual IEP review date, when asked to go from the classroom door to the bathroom or another door along the same hallway wall, the student will trail the wall with the back of the fingers held slightly ahead of the body and stop at the target door independently in 5 of 5 opportunities, on 4 consecutive observed days, as measured by direct observation collected during each O&M lesson and daily classroom routines.

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• PKOpportunities

  Show a response to everyday sounds

  Detection: environmental sounds

  By the annual IEP review date, during play and routines, when an everyday sound happens (such as a knock, a drum, a dog bark, or running water) out of the child's view, the student will show they heard the sound by stopping, turning, pointing to their ear, or saying or signing that they heard it independently in at least 7 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected each session with the teacher of the deaf.

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• PKPercent accuracy

  Detect speech sounds with a play response

  Detection: speech sounds

  By the annual IEP review date, given speech sounds (such as m, oo, ee, ah, sh, s) spoken at a normal voice level at 3 feet with the speaker's mouth covered, mixed with silent turns, the student will make the play response (such as putting a peg in a board) each time a sound is spoken and wait when there is no sound independently with at least 90% accuracy on sound and no-sound trials, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected each session with the teacher of the deaf.

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• PKOpportunities

  Turn toward and reach for a high-contrast object

  Visual attention and reaching

  By the annual IEP review date, given a preferred object in the child's best-seen color presented against a plain black or white background within reach, the student will turn their head or eyes toward the object and reach for it independently in at least 7 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each TVI session.

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• PK, K-2Opportunities

  Find a named item on a contrasting tray

  Early visual search

  By the annual IEP review date, given 3 familiar objects on a high-contrast tray, with one named by the adult, the student will scan the items and pick up the one named independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each TVI session.

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• 3-5, K-2, 6-8Duration

  Propel a manual wheelchair to lunch on time

  Wheelchair propulsion at school

  By the annual IEP review date, during the passing time before lunch, on the route from the classroom to the cafeteria, the student will propel the manual wheelchair the full route, steering around people and objects with no adult pushes or prompts within 5 minutes, on 4 of 5 timed routes, as measured by duration recording collected twice weekly.

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• K-2, 3-5Opportunities

  Steer a wheelchair through classroom doorways

  Ramps, elevators and doors

  By the annual IEP review date, when entering or leaving the classroom, the restroom or a special-class room through a standard doorway, the student will line the wheelchair up with the opening and roll through without either wheel touching the door frame, with no adult touching the chair in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, on 4 of 5 observed days, as measured by direct observation collected daily during the first five doorway passes.

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• PK, K-2, 3-5Opportunities

  Request preferred items or activities with two-symbol messages

  Requesting with multi-symbol messages in classroom routines (AAC)

  By the annual IEP review date, with access to their communication device during snack, play, and choice routines, the student will request a preferred item or activity by combining two symbols (such as "want bubbles," "more music," "go swing") independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected three times per week.

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• PK, K-2Opportunities

  Request a wanted item or activity with a word, sign, picture, or symbol

  Requesting with a single word, sign, picture, or symbol

  By the annual IEP review date, when a preferred item or activity is in sight but out of reach during snack, play, or choice time, the student will request the item or activity by saying or signing its name, handing over its picture, or selecting its symbol independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive data collection days, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected daily during snack and play.

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