Self Monitoring

Intervention

Self monitoring promotes independent and responsible behavior and also increases coping skills. Using self monitoring techniques students "Using these strategies, students can learn to identify and increase positive, pro-social behaviors, the behaviors necessary for success in general education settings."(Loftin, R. et all 2005).

Direct application to Tier 2

• Specific to the student.

• Student may start to notice triggers and try to avoid them.

• When students have poor attention, focus, and impulse control

• When students are disorganized, scattered, etc

• When students have trouble being prepared, forgetting materials, homework, etc

• When students are overly talkative or social

• When students exhibit chronic or compulsive behaviors, like tapping, making sounds, etc

• When students demonstrate other off task behaviors or difficulties attending

How to use Intervention

• Identify a target behavior- It is helpful to identify a simple behavior to measure such as appropriate hand raising.

• Select/Design a self-monitoring system, checklists and charts are a common way for students to keep track of their behavior.

• Choose reinforcers and how the student will earn them. Letting the students choose what type of positive reinforcement they would like helps increase success of the intervention.

• Teach the Student to use the system- meet with your student to discuss the target behavior and the self monitoring system.

• Fade the role of the adult in the intervention- gradually reinforcers should be decreased for expectation that the behavior be raised.

Citations

Loftin , R. L., Gibb, A. C., & Skiba , R. (2005). Impact Newsletter: Using Self-Monitoring Strategies to Address Behavior and Academic Issues. https://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/182/over6.html.

Self Monitoring. PBIS World RSS. (n.d.). https://www.pbisworld.com/tier-2/self-monitoring/.