A few years ago, with the advent of RTI (Response to Intervention) rolling into schools, our school obtained a wonderful RTI Behavior Intervention Manual. It covered a wide array of problem behaviors such as cheating, fighting, and work avoidance. The behaviors were listed alphabetically for easy access, each behavior description included a list of possible motivations for that behavior as well as several interventions to try. For example:
Cheating
Possible Motivation:
- lack of knowledge/skill
- did not complete work
- work avoidance
- worried about getting good grades
Interventions:
- test student's knowledge/skill level
- student conference to help determine motivation
- teacher or peer tutoring in the knowledge or skill area
- peer mentoring
- counseling sessions to work on testing anxiety
This isn't a great example, but it shows the general idea.
I wish there was an intervention manual for parents. Not a book with theories or large programs. Just a manual, listed by topic. When one of your children displays a problem behavior like biting, using inappropriate language, or throwing food at the table, there would be a list of interventions to try. Not all consequences or strategies make sense for each behavior, so this would give parents some related, instructional interventions to help eliminate the behavior in the future.
Who wouldn't love that?
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