Table 5.

Examples of Specific Goals on the IFSP by Profile Group

Profile group	Goal area	Example of specific goal
Not yet talking	Oral-Motor	Offer teething toys to stimulate him to explore orally
	Feeding	Slowly introduce foods with more texture – small amounts at a time
	Cognitive development	Understanding cause and effect; anticipate routines
	Aided AAC	Work on alternative communication using picture books and BIGmack1™
	Unaided AAC	The team will use hand over hand assistance to help him perform signs and gestures
	Receptive language	Demonstrate big and little concepts
	Parent education	Almost every interaction throughout the day provides opportunities to model sounds, and words to label objects, people, and actions
	Phonology/articulation	Work on specific sounds we want him to produce using spoken language: ma, b, d, p
	Social communication	Use music, singing, and social games to help engage him
Emerging talkers	Receptive language	Show an understanding of “just 1”, attributes, position words, size, etc.
	Phonology/articulation	Visual cues for target sounds – show on face how to make the sounds
	Social communication	Continue modeling social language and demonstrate verbal turn-taking
	Cognitive development	Understanding cause and effect
	Aided AAC	Use picture cards to help her make choices
	Oral-Motor	She will participate in oral motor activities and games
	Parent education	Encourage him to engage in imitation
Established talkers	Oral-Motor	Continue to offer her oral motor tools – vibrating toys and have her use it on both sides
	Feeding	Provide hand over hand assistance when he is drinking and fade assistance over time
	Phonology/articulation	Reinforce her vocalization by repeating what she says and give her the correct model
	Social communication	Use lots of songs and finger plays to encourage socialization
	Intelligibility	Increase intelligibility of conversational speech milestones
	Parent education	Education on typical sound development and language