Tier I Interventions for Defiant
Before you start, a few important points:
- Try multiple interventions
- Each intervention should be tried for a minimum of 4 weeks, & more than 1 intervention may be implemented at the same time
- Collect and track specific data on each intervention tried & its effect
- If your data indicates no progress after a minimum of 6 months, you may consider moving to tier 2 interventions
Interventions:
- Acknowledging positive behavior
- Avoid power struggles
- Clear and concise directions
- Clear, consistent, and predictable consequences
- Give choices
- More structured routine
- Praise when cooperative and well behaved
- Praise when good attitude and involvement occur
- Rewards, Simple Reward Systems, & Incentives
- Teach conflict resolution skills
- Teach coping skills
- Teach relationship skills
- Teach relaxation techniques
- Teach social skills
- Use calm neutral tone