Teaching · Related Services

Every rise from the floor,
timed and comparable.

Getting up from the floor is a daily school skill: after circle time, in PE, after a fall. Time each trial from the cue to standing, note the pattern, the support and the level of assistance, and keep the surface and cue the same. The log works out the median and best time and how often no hands-on help was needed, so progress toward the goal is plain.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Related Services toolkit, $99 for 96 items.

Sessions

The worked example is made up: five trials on a classroom carpet with a median of 9 seconds and 80 percent without hands-on help, and an earlier session on a gym mat needing more help. Records save on this device only and use student codes.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$19 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A record per session with student code, date, setting, surface, the plan goal and who recorded it; each trial with seconds, pattern, support and assistance level; five safety and consistency checks; notes; the median and best time and the share of trials without hands-on help; flags for too few trials, moderate or more assistance, mixed patterns and a surface that makes times hard to compare.
Who it is for
School physical therapists and assistants, occupational therapists, adapted PE and special education teachers and trained paraprofessionals.
Format
Browser log with a saved record per session. Prints a session for the file, every session as a table for progress reports or a blank log for the classroom; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Pick the setting and surface you will keep using.
  2. Give the same cue each trial and start timing with the student seated.
  3. Stop timing when the student stands upright with feet still.
  4. Note the pattern, support and assistance for each trial.
  5. Compare medians across sessions on the same surface.

Log a session

How the rise is done

A common rise: half-kneel to standSitTurn to handsand kneesBring onefoot forwardPush throughthe front legStand, feetstillA common rise: half-kneel to stand1. Sit2. Turn to hands and knees3. Bring one foot forward4. Push through the front leg5. Stand, feet still
One pattern among several. Record the pattern used, because times are only comparable within the same pattern and surface.

Assistance levels

The levels follow common rehabilitation use: independent; supervision or cues, with no touch; minimal assistance, where the student does most of the work; moderate, about half; maximal, where the adult does most of it. Use them the same way every time, and say in the report which definition you used.

Not a standardized test

A timed rise in class is a functional measure for this student’s goal, not a normed test. Compare the student with their own earlier sessions, not with charts for other children, unless you give a published test exactly as its manual says.

Sources

  1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 34 CFR 300.34(c)(9) and 300.320(a)(3): physical therapy as a related service, and measurable goals with progress reports.
  2. American Physical Therapy Association, Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy. Fact sheets on school-based physical therapy (pediatricapta.org).
  3. Effgen, S. K., and others (Eds.). Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children (3rd ed., 2019): functional measures in schools.
  4. Cooper, J. O., Heron, T. E., and Heward, W. L. (2020). Applied Behavior Analysis (3rd ed.): duration recording and stable measurement conditions.

The worked example is made up. This log records a functional skill for a goal; it is not a standardized test or a medical assessment. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.