Socio-Emotional & Executive Functioning IEP Goal Bank

Updated: December 27, 2025. Reviewer: Dr. Rose Sebastian, Ed.D.

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Write IEPs that holistically meet students’ needs with goals from self-advocacy to school attendance. IEPs are supposed to holistically address the needs of a student, not just their reading, writing, and mathematics needs. For many students, that means addressing their socio-emotional and executive functioning needs. That might include a goal on completing assignments, one on identifying self-regulation strategies, or one on advocating for the accommodations that they need in the classroom. These goals have been carefully created to be strengths-based and include suggestions for interventions. If you need more, check out our Student Success curriculum, a complete executive functioning and self-regulation curriculum.

School Safety Goals

School includes bus safety, with goals on entering, exiting, and behaviors on buses. It also includes conflict management, both in building conflict resolution strategies and in avoiding conflict. Finally, school safety includes transitions, managing changes in schedules and transitioning between activities.

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Classroom Success Goals

Classroom success includes organization, with goals on calendars, materials, and class preparedness. It also includes work completion, time on task, initiating tasks, planning tasks, and breaking down assignments. We even have goals on following directions, including knowledge of rules and timeliness in following them.

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Self-Regulation & Advocacy Goals

Help your students learn to advocate for themselves and to manage their emotions! Self-advocacy goals include asking for help, learning strengths and needs, and against injustice. Self-regulation goals include labelling emotions, practicing strategies, and using strategies.

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