Behavior/Skill Goals and Objectives

(Work on this with your cooperating teacher)

Please type your work in a color other than black that is easy enough to read. Thank you!
This assignment is worth 50 points.
Submit it to the grade book, but also send a copy in the mail signed by both you and the
cooperating teacher.
Childs Name: Noah
Age in Years and Months: 6 years 10 months
Your Name: Ashley Villarreal
Location for Primary Goal Work: In the
classroom at Syble Hopp
The GOAL is the overall accomplishment, while the OBJECTIVES are the steps one works on
toward a goal. For this course, you are to help a child achieve OBJECTIVES that help him or her
toward a bigger agreed upon GOAL. Teacher or parent input is always helpful and important in this
process. Please complete this form with the teacher or parent(s) if they are involved.
AFTER: Define the Behavior or Skill as you hope it will be at the end of the semester. What does
the teacher or family realistically hope the child will gain during the time you are able to spend with
him or her? State clearly how you envision that a video sample would look after the behavior or skill
has been achieved. Try to select a concrete, measurable skill or behavior so that at the end of the
semester, if you are asked Did you meet the objective? you will be able to say yes or no based
on documentation.
Define the Behavior or Skill: The hope is that the child will become more comfortable with
interacting with their peers and will use their verbal communication more often to
communicate more effectively as to what they need or want.

BEFORE: Define the Behavior or Skill to be changed / acquired including information about how
the behavior or skill looks now, prior to any intervention or teaching for example, on a video
sample, how would an observer see the behavior or skill as it occurs (or doesnt occur) now? When,
where, how often, whats going on before/after the desired skill?)
Define the Behavior or Skill to be Changed / Acquired: I am going to be working with Noah on
using his communication skills to verbalize what he wants or needs and to use those skills while
working on socialization with peers. As of right now Noah does not initiate interaction with
peers and prefers to play alone, or will play alongside peers but shys away from interacting
with him. Communication will typically take place with teachers, but will also talk out loud to
himself for example in the mirror at bathroom time. Child will repeat what is being spoke both
out loud to others, and to him. Other times child will read things and talk out loud to himself or
sing.

List Objectives / Mini-Goals, or steps along the way to the goal, on which you will be working most
directly. Use the statement format listed below to help you and the child succeed. Remember to
state objectives positively what WILL the child do, rather than what the child will stop doing.
Sample:
Who (child) Will do What (action, object, condition) How well (evaluation)
Instead of John
will not hit his peers
daily when he wants their toys.
Say that
John
will ask his peers if he can play too
at least once a day when he wants their
toys.
List Goal and Realistic Objectives:
Who (child)
Will do What (action, object, condition)
Noah will initiate verbal communication with peers at least twice a day.

How well (evaluation)

Noah will play with peers at least once a day with teacher initiation.
Noah will use verbal communication saying the phrase I want at least 7 times a day.

What types of reinforcement will be used? What does the child like? How will you make it fun
and rewarding for the child to work toward and achieve this skill (even if s/he doesnt know the
goal!)?
Verbal praise will be used to reinforce positive behaviors along with fist bumps and hugs. Noah
enjoys pressure and hugs and finds it fun to get fist bumps and finds them funny and like a small
game at times.
Write down specific steps you will take to support this learning process:
I will model language and will also help with prompts for Noah to hear and follow to get work on his
communication skills. I will help get other children interested in activities that Noah is doing and
help them to start to interact and help both children with the interactions with prompts and guidance.

Write down steps others will take to support this learning process (Consistency is import important).
How will you communicate that information?
Others like teachers and parents will also model the behaviors they want from Noah and will
encourage verbal communication and will also encourage Noah to play with peers as much as
possible. Noah has a notebook that goes back and forth between school and home that messages can
be placed in.
Plan will be reviewed again for any needed modifications in approximately 3 weeks from today:

Date:
Practicum Student Signature: Ashley Villarreal
Co-Operating Teacher Signature: Holly Peters

Holly has the hard copy and said she would send it in with my other papers she has to mail into
you however it has been looked over and it was all signed and good. Just wanted to make sure to
get something into you before the end of the semester incase baby comes and she forgets.