Significant Cognitive Disabilities

Trial-by-trial data collection is used often for academic tasks. Record data for each opportunity, or trial, the student is given. The data may be reported in trials or in percentages, depending on how the goal is written.

This video shows one educator sharing how she uses a trial-by-trial data collection form. This form is intended for use by teachers, paraprofessionals, and other service providers collecting data for student Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals and baseline data to determine a need for new/updated IEP goals or behavior intervention.

A visual that shows consequences for expected and challenging behaviors.

Interval recording involves observing whether a behavior occurs or does not occur during specified time periods and is useful for high-rate behaviors that are difficult to count and/or do not have a clear beginning or end.