These examples are from he book. Incorporating Social Gols in the Classroom By Rebecca Moyes:
1. Frankie will be able to demonstrate the proper way to greet a peer.
2. Frankie will be able to demonstrate the use of appropriate converstation starters with peers.
3. Frankie will be able to refrain from speaking about his obsessions.
4. Frankie will be able to maintain a conversation about a peer's intrests.
Other good words for the goals she recommends are: accept, allow, permit, greet compliment, contribute, cooperate, display, express, volunteer, thank, interact, invite, join, greet.
Then to measure them they suggest a report card: With the Goal/ a column for Place observed (rescess, lunch etc) and a column for yes/no. (in Adam's IEP we also have a number of times observed.)
To help him learn, how to use the social skills, we have Adam go with the Speech Pathologist (he has problems with pragmatic speech) or Spec Ed teacher 2x during a 6 day rotation to learn social stories or sometimes small group skills. They have done crafts or helped the teacher with a project and she facilitates conversation. Then hopefully he will take what is has learned to the classroom, or playground.
Does anybody have any examples of good measurable social goals? Anthony is 4 and is a social kid. He will say hi to the kids at school. He can engage for a short period of time but will lose interest and walk away. He needs directed activies for his socialization. For example, Anthony can play an entire game of UNO with his older brother and me. As long as I'm there giving direction, he loves it and can attend for more than 1 game. He just needs the direction from an adult.
Anthony will approach another child and say hello. If that child is in the middle of building blocks and doesn't respond immediately, Anthony will walk away instead of getting down on the ground where the other kid can see him and then asking "Can I play?". So how do you get that into the IEP? KWIM?