IEP Assignment

QUALITY GOAL WRITING

Kristin Clemons Rockwood Early Childhood Process Coordinator

BELLA

I

wonder….

What is a

quality

Goal???

A QUALITY Goal:

• Measurable • Attainable • Child Specific • Age Appropriate • Clearly Written

Measurable: • Criteria are not subjective

• There is an expected outcome

• There is a definitive amount of

outcome needed

• Quantitative data is possible

• Conditions are listed

You can watch me

grow and learn!

Attainable: • The student can potentially

accomplish this goal in a year.

• The student is given the support that they need to accomplish this goal

Guide me through

it and I can do it!

Child Specific: • The goal is written based

upon the student’s most recent data or evaluation results.

• The goal reflects the highest priority for that child

• The goal develops skills that are lacking/emerging in the child’s ability

My goals are all about me!!

Age Appropriate: • The goal does not surpass

that which would be considered typical development

• The goal aligns with your curriculum expectations which are based on State Standards and district Kindergarten readiness

Don’t expect me to speak

French and play classical

violin when all I want to do is

play in a tub of spaghetti

I wonder…. What are the

pieces/parts of a “Quality Goal”?

• Name • Direction • Area • Action • Conditions • Measurement • Frequency

Direction: • Increase • Decrease • Maintain • Improve

Some Areas: • Communication Skills • Receptive Language • Expressive Language • Intelligibility • Adaptive Behavior Skills • Compliance • Attention • Fine Motor skills • Gross Motor skills • Understanding of ____Concepts

Preacademic Number Quantity/Quality etc.

Action: • Participating • Sorting • Answering • Attending • Producing • Etc

Conditions: • Independently • With verbal cues • With visual cues • With gestural cues • Structured • Unstructured • Etc.

Measurement: • For #/# minutes • One #/# opportunities • With #% accuracy • With less than # cues • With no more than #

reminders

Frequency: • On #/# data days • On #/# data sessions • Over # consecutive days • Over # consecutive

sessions

I wonder……. What are goal domains in each area of development?

OT • Fine

• Visual

• Self-Help

• Feeding

• Sensory Diet (can’t master-not

goals)

PT • Strength

• Balance

• Ball Skills

• Coordination

• Motor Planning

Speech • Fluency

• Articulation

• Phonology

• Voice

• Aud. Comm.

Language • Pragmatics

• Following Directions

• Vocabulary

• Wants/Needs

• Utterance Length

• Grammar/Syntax

• Questions

Pre-Academics • Colors

• Shapes

• Numbers

• Letters

• Counting Concepts

• Body Parts

• Comprehension (literacy)

Soc/Emo/Behavioral • Compliance

• Routines

• Peer Interaction

• Participation

• Following Directions

• Play Skills

• Proximity

• Transitions