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Therapy Session IEP goals

908 templates across 56 skills in 12 areas, led by speech & language, motor & sensory skills (OT, PT & adapted PE), and social-emotional & communication. Open any goal to set the baseline and target from your own data, then print the matching data sheet.

908 templates · 56 skills · Pre-K, K–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 · How we write and review goals

Top skills

The 8 most relevant skills, with sample goals. Numbers are illustrative; set targets from the student's own baseline.

Speech Fluency (Stuttering) Speech & Language

35 goals
  • K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12Opportunities

    Use a chosen fluency-shaping strategy in structured speaking tasks

    Fluency-shaping strategies in structured tasks

    By the annual IEP review date, during 10 structured speaking turns with the SLP (such as saying sentences, answering questions, or reading aloud), the student will use To choose for the student: their chosen fluency-shaping strategy (such as easy onset or light articulatory contact) at the start of the speaking turn independently in at least 8 of 10 opportunities, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.

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  • 3-5, 6-8, 9-12Opportunities

    Use a stuttering-modification strategy during a moment of stuttering

    Stuttering-modification strategies

    By the annual IEP review date, when a moment of stuttering occurs during a structured conversation with the SLP, the student will use a pullout (easing out of the stuttered word) or a cancellation (pausing, then saying the word again with an easier form) during the moment of stuttering independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.

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Voice Speech & Language

25 goals
  • K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12Percent accuracy

    Use the target vocal behavior in structured speaking tasks

    Target vocal behavior in structured tasks

    By the annual IEP review date, given 10 structured phrases or sentences during a therapy session, the student will produce each phrase or sentence using To choose for the student: the target vocal behavior (such as easy onset or a relaxed voice at the agreed loudness) independently with at least 80% accuracy on phrases and sentences produced with the target vocal behavior, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.

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  • K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12Opportunities

    Use the target voice during classroom speaking

    Target vocal behavior in class

    By the annual IEP review date, during class speaking turns (such as answering a question, reading aloud, or partner talk), the student will use To choose for the student: the target voice (such as easy onset and agreed loudness) during the speaking turn independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive observations, as measured by direct observation collected every two weeks.

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Grammar, Syntax & Morphology Speech & Language

49 goals
  • PKFrequency

    Combine two words to express a meaning in play

    Two-word combinations

    By the annual IEP review date, during a 10-minute play-based language sample with an adult and preferred toys, the student will produce spontaneous two-word combinations that express a relation (such as agent and action "dog eat," action and object "throw ball," possession "my cup," recurrence "more juice," location "baby in") independently at least 10 times per 10-minute play sample, across 3 consecutive weekly samples, as measured by frequency recording collected weekly.

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  • PK, K-2Percent accuracy

    Say a three- to four-word sentence about a picture

    Subject-verb-object sentences

    By the annual IEP review date, given 10 action pictures showing a person or animal doing something to an object and asked "What's happening?", the student will say a sentence with a subject, a verb, and an object (such as "Boy kicks ball") independently with at least 80% accuracy on action pictures, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.

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Narrative Language & Retelling Speech & Language

39 goals
  • PK, K-2Percent accuracy

    Put three pictures in order and tell what happens

    Three-picture sequencing

    By the annual IEP review date, given 10 sets of three picture cards showing a familiar sequence in mixed order, the student will arrange the pictures in order and say what happens in each one independently with at least 80% accuracy on three-picture sequences, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.

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  • K-2, 3-5Opportunities

    Narrate a picture sequence using sequence words

    Sequencing with temporal words

    By the annual IEP review date, given a four- to six-picture sequence showing a familiar event, the student will narrate the events in order using at least three different sequence words (such as first, next, then, after that, finally) independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.

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Phonological Processes Speech & Language

38 goals
  • PK, K-2Percent accuracy

    Produce final consonants in words

    Final consonant deletion

    By the annual IEP review date, given 20 pictures of CVC words that end in a consonant the student can produce (such as cat, bed, soap), the student will produce the final consonant in each word independently with at least 80% accuracy on final consonants in single words, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.

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  • PK, K-2Percent accuracy

    Produce /k/ and /g/ in words without fronting

    Velar fronting

    By the annual IEP review date, given 20 picture cards of words that contain /k/ or /g/ in the initial or final position, the student will independently produce /k/ and /g/ in each target word instead of substituting /t/ or /d/ with at least 80% accuracy on velar sound productions, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.

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Expressive Language Speech & Language

57 goals
  • PK, K-2, 3-5Percent accuracy

    Use a target grammatical morpheme in obligatory contexts

    Grammatical morphemes in obligatory contexts

    By the annual IEP review date, during a structured picture-description task that creates at least 10 obligatory contexts for the target morpheme, the student will produce To choose for the student: the target grammatical morpheme (such as plural -s, regular past tense -ed, or third-person singular -s) in each obligatory context independently with at least 80% accuracy on obligatory contexts, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.

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  • PK, K-2, 3-5Frequency

    Produce longer utterances in a language sample

    Utterance length

    By the annual IEP review date, during a 10-minute play-based or picture-description language sample with the SLP, the student will produce utterances of four or more words using speech, sign, or their communication device independently at least 15 times per 10-minute language sample, across 3 consecutive weekly language samples, as measured by frequency recording collected weekly.

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Receptive Language Speech & Language

52 goals
  • PK, K-2Percent accuracy

    Follow directions that contain basic concepts

    Directions with basic concepts

    By the annual IEP review date, given 10 oral directions of up to three steps containing basic concepts (such as under, behind, between, first, last, same, different) using familiar objects, the student will follow each direction by carrying out every step correctly and in the stated order independently with at least 80% accuracy on directions, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.

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  • PK, K-2, 3-5Percent accuracy

    Answer wh- questions about a passage read aloud

    Answering wh- questions about a heard passage

    By the annual IEP review date, after listening to a short passage or story read aloud at their listening comprehension level, the student will answer wh- questions about the passage aloud, in writing, or by pointing to a picture choice independently with at least 80% accuracy on questions, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session.

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Pragmatic Language Speech & Language

56 goals
  • K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12Opportunities

    Ask for clarification when a message is unclear

    Requesting clarification as a listener

    By the annual IEP review date, when a direction or message is unclear, incomplete, or too fast during a structured barrier activity, the student will ask for clarification by naming what was unclear (such as "Which one?", "Can you say that slower?", "What does ___ mean?") independently in at least 4 of 5 opportunities, across 3 consecutive therapy sessions, as measured by opportunity-by-opportunity data collected during each therapy session and monthly in class.

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  • 3-5, 6-8, 9-12Frequency

    Build on a peer's comment during group discussion

    Contingent contributions in group discussion

    By the annual IEP review date, during a 15-minute small-group discussion about a classroom text or topic, the student will make a contribution that builds on a peer's comment (such as agreeing and adding a reason, asking a follow-up question, or offering a different idea about the same point) independently at least 3 times per 15-minute small-group discussion, across 3 consecutive observed discussions, as measured by frequency recording collected weekly.

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See all 60 pragmatic language goals

All 56 skills

Every skill with goals for this group, by area. The number is how many of its goals are tagged here.

Transition & Postsecondary Skills

Science, Social Studies & Digital Literacy

Functional & Independence Skills

Behavior & Classroom Expectations

Goals measured during speech, OT, PT, or counseling sessions. Goals measured during speech, occupational therapy, physical therapy, or counseling sessions use trial-by-trial and accuracy data that fits a 20- to 30-minute session. The best of these goals also name how the skill will show up outside the session.

Matching data sheets

Each goal above links to the blank sheet built for its measure. These are the sheets this set of goals uses:

Frequently asked questions

Should therapy goals be measured only in the therapy room?

The goal should say where the skill is measured. Many providers write a session-based criterion first and a generalization step (hallway, classroom, lunch) once the skill is stable.

How many trials make a good session measure?

Enough that one or two misses do not swing the percentage: 10 to 20 trials is common for articulation and language targets. The mastery rule then asks for the criterion across several sessions.

Are related service goals part of the IEP?

Yes. When a related service is on the IEP, the goals it supports are IEP goals, written and reported like any other.

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