Writing Functional Goals and Objectives

Kathy Haugen, Autism Itinerant

Using assessments, ULS curriculum alignment and Texas curriculum frameworks, we will analyze skills to write functional goals and objectives. Students with significant cognitive disabilities need instruction in prerequisite skills that address their functional needs for independence in their quest for a self-determined life.

Some outcomes to expect:

1. Participants will gain an understanding of the need to write functional goals for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
2. Participants will conduct a task analysis of skills.
3. Participants will use a rubric and tools to write functional goals and objectives.