Tier I Interventions for Low Or No Work Completion
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:
- Alternative modes of completing assignments
- Assign a buddy or partner
- Break down assignment
- Break down directions
- Call on student frequently
- Call on student frequently
- Call parent or note home
- Card Flip
- Clear and concise directions
- Clear, consistent, and predictable consequences
- Color coded folders
- Daily planner
- Do unfinished work during recess or unstructured time
- Encourage interaction with a more self confident student
- Engage student
- Explain assignment
- Explain directions
- Frequent home contact
- Give choices
- Have student repeat directions back
- Help student start assignment
- Helping Students With Home Work
- Individual work space
- Logical consequence
- More structured routine
- Move to a new location in the classroom
- Natural consequences
- Non verbal cues
- Organize materials daily
- Praise student frequently
- Praise when good attitude and involvement occur
- Provide a container for the student’s belongings
- Proximity to students
- Reduce assignment
- Rewards, Simple Reward Systems, & Incentives
- Take away privileges
- Talk one on one with student
- Talk to parent
- Teach coping skills
- Teach organizational skills
- Teach relaxation techniques
- Teach social skills
- Touch base with student
- Turn desk around
- Use timer
- Visual schedule