Communication goals span requesting with AAC, articulation carryover, answering WH-questions, and pragmatic conversation skills. The common thread in defensible goals: an opportunity-based criterion (8 of 10 opportunities), a named setting, and data from both the therapy room and the classroom. These templates were written with related service providers in mind.
During structured and unstructured activities, [Student] will request desired items or actions using spoken words, signs, or an AAC device in 8 out of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by SLP and teacher data by [date].
Measured by: Frequency data across settings
[Student] will produce target speech sounds correctly at the conversation level with 80% accuracy across 3 consecutive sessions in the therapy setting and 2 classroom observations, as measured by SLP data by [date].
Measured by: SLP session data, classroom observation
Given a short passage or classroom discussion, [Student] will answer who, what, where, when, and why questions with 80% accuracy in 4 out of 5 sessions, as measured by SLP and teacher data by [date].
Measured by: Structured question probes
During structured peer conversations, [Student] will initiate a topic, take at least 3 balanced conversational turns, and stay on topic in 4 out of 5 observed conversations across 3 consecutive weeks by [date].
Measured by: Observation checklist
Every goal above follows the same skeleton: Given [condition], [student] will [observable behavior], achieving [criterion], as measured by [method], by [date]. Fill all five parts and the goal is measurable by definition.
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