Development of Responsibility Skills

The student may:

• Not do class and homework

• Fail to return work

• Do partial assignments

• Never make up missed work

• Have poor attendance and punctuality

• Express little concern for own success

• Chose not to study or complete study guides

• Chose to not do extra credit

• Only do the absolute minimal expectations to pass with the lowest grade possible

• Be more concerned with social activities, friends, and after school plans

• Come to class unprepared

• Have incomplete assignments

• Blame others, things, circumstances, etc

• Make many excuses

• Excessively ask for help

• Inability to work independently

• Come to class unprepared, frequently ask for paper, or lose writing utensil a lot

• Overly rely on others for help, clarification, or answers

Tier I Interventions

Before you start, a few important points:

• Try multiple interventions

• Try each intervention for a minimum of 4-weeks and over 1 intervention may be implemented at the same time.

• Further details on each intervention is linked here.

Interventions:

• • Alternative modes of completing assignments

  • Assign a classroom job

  • Call parent or note home

  • Card Flip

  • Clear, consistent, and predictable consequences

  • Daily planner

  • Do unfinished work during recess or unstructured time

  • Logical consequence

  • Natural consequences

  • Rewards, Simple Reward Systems, & Incentives

  • Take away privileges

  • Take away unstructured or free time

  • Talk one on one with student

  • Talk to parent

  • Teach conflict resolution skills

  • Teach coping skills

  • Teach organizational skills

  • Teach relationship skills

  • Teach relaxation techniques

  • Teach social skills

  • Visual schedule