Tier I Interventions for Off Task, Non Disruptive
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:
- PBIS World Forum Discussion on Low Attention
- Avoid power struggles
- Call parent or note home
- Card Flip
- Clear, consistent, and predictable consequences
- Explain assignment
- Explain directions
- Have student repeat directions back
- Help student start assignment
- Ignore
- Individual work space
- Logical consequence
- More structured routine
- Move to a new location in the classroom
- Non verbal cues
- Praise when cooperative and well behaved
- Praise when good attitude and involvement occur
- Praise when on task
- Proximity to students
- Redirection
- Review PBIS expectations and rules
- Rewards, Simple Reward Systems, & Incentives
- Speak in calm and neutral tone
- Speak with student in hallway
- Take a break
- Take away privileges
- Take away unstructured or free time
- Talk one on one with student
- Teach coping skills
- Teach relationship skills
- Teach relaxation techniques
- Teach social skills
- Turn desk around
- Use timer