#21 The Trick to Writing 'SMART'er Goals - Part 2
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This episode is a continuation of the previous episode featuring Liz Lefebre and Amy Evans, both highly acclaimed practitioners of Precision Teaching. They highlight a thinking process of how to get precise when writing your goals. Combining measurable data in the SMART approach, practitioners can set even more attainable goals for the learners.  HIGHLIGHTS 02:14 Being Specific on what you’re teaching and what the students are supposed to do 06:59 Setting measurable frequencies 09:43  Making the goal Attainable within a given time.  11:44 Relevance of the goal 11:58 Timebound: How quickly can your score be achieved? GLOSSARY SMART-Acronym on how to pinpoint a goal. ( Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevance, Timebound). Pinpoint - A specific way of describing what a single countable behavior is. RESOURCES Octave Training Website  Join our The ABA and OT Podcast Facebook Group to get access to the following resources: Facebook group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/397478901376425 EXTERNAL RESOURCES Organization for Research and Learning  Dr. Aditi the OT Website  The Databased OT Facebook Group QUOTES 02:54  When you’re looking at that goal, then you want to think about it and make sure that the language that you use is actually real, like behavior. 09:13  When you’re using ‘percent correct,’ it could be anything and that leaves it up to the person that is in charge, whereas if you write a goal that says 8/10 across four days in a row, then it’s very clear what you’re looking for. 10:16   For these small things you might be able to get that learner to practice it much more often without you necessarily being there. So, once you’ve established a behavior then it’s just a matter of practice. 13:21  The mode of precision Teaching is that the learner is always right. If the learner is exhibiting a skill deficit or a certain behavior, it’s because of the conditions that are the contingencies that are in place, the environment, and the motivation. So, they’re right and it’s our job to change to fit their needs. 15:38  Part of the learner always being right is taking the right kind of data so that we can see if we’re making progress on a daily basis.
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