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:

Acknowledging positive behavior

Avoid power struggles

Call parent or positive note home

Card flip

Encourage interaction with a more self-confident student

Engage student

Model appropriate language

Praise student frequently

Praise when good attitude and involvement occur

Redirection

Reflection sheet

Review PBIS expectations and rules

Rewards, simple reward systems, and incentives

Speak in a calm and neutral tone

Speak with student in hallway

Start commands

Take away privileges

Take away unstructured or free time

Talk to parent

Teach coping skills

Teach social skills

Teach substitute words

• Make self defeating comments

• Call everything “stupid” or “dumb”

• Frequently diminish achievements, accomplishments, and other positive things

• Minimize the successes of others

• Refuse to participate and take part in activities and discussions

• Be non-compliant

• Argue and bicker

• Challenge others’ ideas and opinions

• Be dismissive

• Never have anything nice or productive to say

• Always find fault in everything

• Pessimism

• Always think of the worst that will or could happen

• Fatalistic

• Sour demeanor

• Say they don’t care, don’t want to do something, or hate things

• Have a look of dissatisfaction

• Talk back

• Show frequent anger