Sample IFSP outcome: narrating
What it targets: telling about events in order.
Example goal: Given a familiar activity and adult support as needed, the student will narrate a simple two to three step sequence of a familiar event in 4 out of 5 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, as measured by clinician data, by the next annual review.
How it is measured: clinician or teacher data across sessions, comparing performance to the baseline.
Use early-intervention language for this age
For 18 month old, parents are usually talking about early intervention or an IFSP, not a school IEP. The same functional idea still matters: a goal for narrating should describe what communication looks like, what support is allowed, and where it happens.
Sample goal shape
Given natural routines and appropriate supports, the child will practice narrating for a useful purpose such as requesting, protesting, choosing, commenting, or asking for help across repeated opportunities.
Make the support level explicit
A useful goal states whether the child uses speech, AAC, gestures, visual supports, modeling, choices, wait time, or adult prompts. Without the support level, progress is hard to interpret.
Questions for the team
Ask who will coach the parent, which routines to practice in, how AAC or visual supports will be modeled, and how progress will be measured without pressuring the child.
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