AAC Goals/Objectives
Linguistic Competency (Expressive Language):
Directing:
Beginner/Emergent: Cierra will direct play within a structured activity, 3x during a 50-minute session, given moderate verbal and visual cues.
Intermediate/Supported: Cierra will direct play within an unstructured activity, 3x during a 50-minute session, given moderate verbal and visual cues.
Advanced: Cierra will direct play by generating phrases in an unstructured activity, 3x during a 50-minute session, given moderate verbal and visual cues.
Demonstrating Knowledge:
Beginner/Emergent: Chris will use content/describing words to tell about current activities, 3x during a 50-minute session, given minimal verbal cues.
Intermediate/Supported: Chris will use phrases to describe events/stories of recent activities, 3x during a 50-minute session, given minimal verbal cues.
Advanced: Chris will describe events/stories to present new information, 3x during a 50-minute session, given minimal verbal cues.
Commenting:
Beginner/Emergent: Max will provide a positive/negative comment within an activity, 3x during a 50-minute session, given minimal verbal cues.
Intermediate/Supported: Max will comment within a structured activity, 3x during a 50-minute session, given minimal verbal cues.
Advanced: Max will comment in a conversation with peers, 3x during a 50-minute group session, given minimal verbal cues.
Choice Making/Requesting:
Beginner/Emergent: Jordan will request from a field of 2 choices, 3x during a 50-minute session, given moderate verbal cues.
Intermediate/Supported: Jordan will request from a field of 4+ objectives/activities presented, 3x during a 50-minute session, given moderate verbal cues.
Advanced: Jordan will independently request objects/activities, 3x during a 50-minute session, given moderate verbal cues.
Protesting:
***Replace challenging behaviors with communication!***
Beginner/Emergent: Zach will protest using appropriate language (e.g., SGD, sign language) 80% of given opportunities, during a 50-minute session, with maximum visual and verbal cues.
Intermediate/Supported: Zach will protest in structured activities 80% of given opportunities, during a 50-minute session, with moderate visual and verbal cues.
Advanced: Zach will protest in conversation 80% of given opportunities, during a 50-minute session, with maximum visual and verbal cues.
Questioning:
Beginner/Emergent: Aidan will ask simple Wh- questions in a structured activity, 3x during a 50-minute session, given moderate verbal and visual cues.
Intermediate/Supported: Aiden will generate Wh- or yes/no questions in a structured activity, 3x during a 50-minute session, given moderate verbal and visual cues.
Advanced: Aiden will ask questions in conversation, 3x during a 50-minute session, given moderate verbal and visual cues.
Terminating:
Beginner/Emergent: Joe will terminate an activity appropriately to complete an interaction 80% of the time, during a 50-minute session, with moderate verbal cues.
Intermediate/Supported: Joe will terminate an activity appropriately at the time of completion 80% of the time, during a 50-minute session, with moderate verbal cues.
Advanced: Joe will terminate a conversation appropriately with peers in a community setting 80% of the time, with minimal verbal cues, as reported by teacher or caregiver.
Strategic Competency (Communication Breakdown):
Beginner/Emergent: Ali will use corrective feedback to repair a communication breakdown in a conversation 80% of the time, during a 50-minute session, given moderate cues.
Intermediate/Supported: Ali will use strategies to prevent a communication breakdown with peers in a conversation 80% of the time, during a 50-minute group session, given moderate cues.
Advanced: Ali will compensate during a communication breakdown with peers in a community environment, 80% of the time, given minimal cues, as reported by teacher or caregiver.
Ali will gain attention (i.e. calling a peers name, using eye contact, tapping peer on the shoulder, etc.) of peers prior to each turn, 3x during a 50-minute group session, with minimal cueing.
Ali will gain attention of peers, 3x during a 3-minute conversation, with minimal cueing.
Social Competency (Social Language):
Jimmy will initiate an interaction, 3x during a 50-minute session, with minimal cueing.
Jimmy will greet peers, 2 times during a 50-minute group session, with minimal cueing.
Jimmy will ask/answer a social question, 2 times during a 50-minute session, with minimal cueing.
Jimmy will share information, 3x during a 50-minute session, with minimal cueing.
Jimmy will ask a Wh-question during a structured conversation to gain more information, 3x during a 50-minute session, with moderate cueing.
Jimmy will make a comment, relevant to the topic of conversation, 3x during a 50-minute session, with moderate cueing.
Operational Competency:
Sara will demonstrate comprehension of basic maintenance and operations (turns device on/off, adjusts volume, etc) with 100% accuracy with minimal cueing.
Sara will independently transition her AAC system between activities or locations 100% of the time during a 50-minute session.
Sara will independently put device in position for communication 100% of the time during a 50-minute session.
LITERACY GOALS:
Joe will recognize rhyming words presented auditorally 80% of the time when provided with yes/no pictures.
Joe will produce a rhyming word for a word given auditorally 80% of the time when provided with 4 picture choices.
Joe will blend syllables presented auditorally 80% of the time when provided with 4 picture choices.
Joe will segment syllables in a word presented auditorally 80% of the time when provided with number choices 1-2-3.
Joe will delete syllables in a word presented auditorally 80% of the time when provided with 4 picture choices.
Joe will blend phonemes presented auditorally 80% of the time when provided with 4 picture choices.
Joe will identify initial, medial or final sounds in words presented auditorally 80% of the time when provided with 4 picture choices.
Joe will manipulate phonemes in a word presented auditorally 80% of the time when provided with 4 picture choices.
4 | Adapted with permission from CHECKLIST of Goals/Objectives for AAC Communication, Children’s CO AAC Team