Holistic IEP Goal Builder
TranscendingX Framework • School-Based SLP Edition
Enter any existing IEP goal below. Choose the clinical area and grade band, then click Transform to see the goal reframed across all four TranscendingX cores: Self-Knowledge, Self-Adjustment, Self-Acceptance, and Self-Advocacy.
Tip: paste a specific, measurable goal for best results.
Your Transformed Goals
Awareness of communication patterns, strengths, and differences
Active use of strategies to manage communication
Embracing communication differences with confidence
Communicating needs and requesting support in real contexts
Clinical note: These goals are generated from TranscendingX core templates and are intended as a starting point. Review and personalize each goal to reflect your student's individual profile, settings, and measurable criteria before adding to an IEP.
Browse ready-to-use IEP goals organized by clinical area, TranscendingX core, and grade band. Use the filters below to narrow your search, then copy any goal directly to your clipboard.
TranscendingX is a holistic, identity-affirming framework for school-based speech-language services. Developed by Schneider Speech, the framework organizes IEP goals across four interconnected cores — moving beyond skill acquisition alone to support each student's full communicative identity and self-determination.
Students develop awareness of their own communication profile — recognizing patterns, differences, strengths, and moments of challenge.
- Identifying moments of stuttering, disfluency, or sound errors
- Recognizing language strengths and gaps during tasks
- Understanding how voice use varies across contexts
- Naming social communication patterns in real interactions
Students actively apply strategies to support their communication — choosing tools that fit the moment and monitoring their own effectiveness.
- Using fluency strategies (easy onset, slow rate, cancellation)
- Applying phonological awareness or self-correction strategies
- Using language scaffolds for comprehension or expression
- Adapting communication style to social or academic contexts
Students develop a positive communicative identity — embracing their communication differences as part of who they are, not obstacles to overcome.
- Participating in class without avoidance of speaking situations
- Using positive self-talk about speech and language differences
- Engaging in stuttering openly and without shame
- Valuing neurodivergent and multilingual communication styles
Students communicate their needs, preferences, and strengths to others — building agency across school, social, and community settings.
- Requesting accommodations (extended time, seating, AAC access)
- Informing teachers and peers about communication needs
- Explaining goals and progress in IEP/transition meetings
- Connecting needs to rights and appropriate supports
This tool covers the five primary clinical areas addressed by school-based SLPs using the TranscendingX Framework. Each area intersects with all four cores to produce a matrix of holistic, student-centered goals.
A holistic IEP goal through the TranscendingX lens includes:
- Measurable behavior — What will the student do? (identify, use, explain, demonstrate)
- Core anchor — Which TranscendingX core does this target? (Knowledge, Adjustment, Acceptance, Advocacy)
- Context — In what setting(s)? (classroom, peer conversation, community, IEP meeting)
- Criterion — How will mastery be measured? (% accuracy, frequency, across sessions)
- Generalization — Does the goal require performance across multiple settings or partners?
The Holistic IEP Goal Builder is designed to help school-based speech-language pathologists write more complete, identity-affirming IEP goals using the TranscendingX Framework developed by Schneider Speech. Rather than focusing on skill remediation in isolation, the framework supports the whole student — their self-awareness, strategic communication, acceptance of differences, and ability to advocate for themselves across real-world settings.
This tool runs entirely in your browser — no data is sent to any server, and no student information is stored. It works offline once loaded.
Schneider Speech is a speech-language therapy practice committed to holistic, neurodiversity-affirming care. The TranscendingX Framework emerged from clinical work with students who stutter, who are multilingual, and who have complex communication needs — students whose full humanity was not captured by traditional remediation-only IEP goals.
For more information about TranscendingX workshops, professional development, and clinical resources for school-based SLPs, visit schneiderspeech.com.