Interventions for

What to Focus On

Before you start, a few important points:

Try multiple interventionsEach intervention should be tried for designated length of timeMore than 1 intervention may be implemented at the same timeCollect and track specific data on each intervention tried & its effectIf your data indicates no progress after the designated length of time, you may consider another intervention or look at a different root cause and different set of interventions

Interventions:

Spotlight on Purpose

Help them understand what they need to know by a given time.
Share specific learning targets. “By the end of this lesson, you should be able to…” “By the end of the week, be ready to…”
Share how this information will be useful in the future - The “Why”

Connecting New Information to Prior Knowledge

- Ask questions to help them make connections. “How is this like we studied yesterday?” “When have you felt the same as this character?”
- Advanced organizers that list focusing questions or graphic organizers like KWL charts.
- If information is going to be abstract, start lessons with real-life activities.

Seeing the Personal Importance of the Learning

Appeal to styles and interests. Provide an environment that stresses relevance.
Build upon his/her strengths.
Provide useful feedback to increase success.
Offer student choices.

Inhibiting Distractions

Make sure he/she is getting enough sleep.
Intersperse work time with short breaks.
If possible, get outside. An alternative is let him/her look out the window or look at pictures of nature.

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These interventions don't seem to match the student's needs, take me back to the root cause page.

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