By The Child-Led SLP
Write better communication goals for autistic kids in a fraction of the time.
Aligned Practice makes it simple to write meaningful and measurable communication goals so you can get back to what matters most: Helping autistic kids thrive with a child-led, neuroaffirming approach.
Opening this October. Get on the waitlist and you will be the first to know, with founding pricing for as long as you stay.
What you have been writing
The student will request wants and needs with 80% accuracy across three consecutive sessions.
What you could write instead
Given unrestricted access to their communication tools, the student will communicate their wants and needs to achieve at least 16 out of 20 on their communication rubric, measured weekly, for 4 consecutive weeks.
| Skill | 1Emerging / full support | 2Supported / moderate scaffolding | 3Independent in familiar routines | 4Consistent & flexible across contexts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requests a preferred item | Reaches or leads only after an adult offers. | Requests with a model or a partner pause. | Requests independently in familiar routines. | Requests across partners and settings. |
| Requests more of something | Distress is interpreted as wanting more. | Signals more after a model or a pause. | Signals more independently in familiar play. | Signals more anywhere, and persists if missed. |
| Requests help | Escalates or gives up rather than asking. | Asks when an adult offers or models it. | Asks independently on a familiar task. | Asks across tasks, partners and settings. |
| Requests a break | A partner must notice and offer the break. | Requests a break with a visual or a prompt. | Requests a break in a familiar setting. | Requests breaks early, across settings. |
| Indicates "no" to something unwanted | Only after an adult interprets the signal. | Indicates no with a visual or verbal cue. | Indicates no independently in familiar routines. | Refuses clearly with unfamiliar partners. |
Swipe the table sideways to see all four levels
What it does
Everything the Aligned Rubric Framework needed, in one place
Goals in about two minutes
Pick a skill from the goal bank and its four rubric levels arrive already written. Change the wording as much or as little as you like.
Data in ten seconds
Today's students are already on your screen. Tap a score for each skill on your phone, in the gap between one kid leaving and the next one walking in.
Progress reports that are already written
The narrative, the graphs, and a clear yes or no on the criterion, built from everything you entered. No part of a report is generated by artificial intelligence.
If you cannot explain the goal to the person who loves that child most, it is not a good goal yet.
That is the test every rubric level in here has to pass, and it is the reason the whole thing exists.
Opening October 2026
Be there when the doors open
Everyone on the waitlist hears first, and everyone who joins in the first week keeps a founding rate for as long as they stay.
Made by Nicole Casey, The Child-Led SLP.