Overview

• • The teacher may utilize their check in system such as a secret signal to speak with student who seems abnormally tired or fatigued. 

  • Depending on frequency of this occurrence multiple options can occur. 

  • The student may be allowed to put their head down for 5 minutes to close their eyes. 

  • The more frequent student may need a built in or scheduled break to support this. This may look like scheduling a block of time for students to sleep in an assigned area such as the nurse. 

Core Components

• • Schedule and purpose is clearly determined by a team

  • Record of the intervention is recorded

  • Other responsive interventions including communicating with the family have be documented as unsuccessful

  • Set time frame held

  • Expectations and other interventions are trialed with this intervention

  • Ground rules are communicated with student

  • Not taken away during trial period