Understands place value up to 3-digit numbers. Short-term objectives are arranged in sequence and always include the conditions under which the skill is to be performed, the student's name, the observable behavior, and the criteria for success. Given different board games and two to three peers, Mary will play cooperatively for 15 consecutive minutes for ten turn-taking exchanges. Goals are written with high expectations. Goals are measurable, meaningful, able to be monitored, and useful in making decisions.
Goals are statements of anticipated results to be achieved in a year.
Abigail has learned to imitate her parents' and other adults' actions when provided with a model of combining two schemes to manipulate a toy in a functional play activity. Abigail's parents want her to play with her toys without her requiring their constant attention and modeling of actions. By 36 months, children are beginning to engage in symbolic or pretend play. John displays difficulties writing his thoughts on paper. He has very creative ideas but does not understand sentence construction or how to develop paragraphs.