Intervention Plan
Intervention Plan
Every educational establishment deals with pupils or students that have to acquire a certain amount of knowledge. That is why every educational establishment sooner or later will have such students that won't be able to accomplish a program for various reasons. It can deal not only with studying problems but also with behavior deviations. In order to help pupils to reach the standards of an institution, a pupil studies in an intervention plan has to be developed. An intervention is always used to avoid punishments like detention, suspension, etc. It is an alternative solution to a problem. An intervention is a plan which is made to provide a pupil with needed support in order to change the way a pupil behave.
the first step is to forget about common methodologies of changing student behavior. Every single student is a unique personality that has to be treated individually.
the second step is to find out the 'core' of the problem. It is extremely important to find out why a child began to act in a certain way. For example, John has problems with math that is why he considered this subject uninteresting and dull that is why he decided to break the lesson in order to catch students attention. But, at the same time, John can be really good in computer studies. So, the intervention plan should emphasize the strong points of a student in order to get a positive feedback.
the third step is to reduce inappropriate behavior.
We will try to set a certain chain of steps that will complete a full intervention action plan.
1. General information. It is necessary to provide information about school classes and different activities that a child participate in.
E.g. John goes to regular public school. He takes a bus every day. He studies at 7th grade. He plays table tennis and soccer.
2. Definition of a problem. Describe the deviational behavior of a child. Define the intensity, duration, and seriousness of the problem.
E.g. From the beginning of a school year, John began to receive bad marks. Usually, he is not listening to the teacher in the class. He always talks during the lesson, throws objects (book, pen), offends classmates. He has problems with math and physics. He refused to go to the psychologist.
3. Important events. Describe the events that could possibly effect a child and be the reason of deviational behavior.
E.g. Last year his parents divorced and he stayed with his mother and his older sister stayed with his father.
4. Summary of data
E.g. After the conversation with both parents of John, we got to know that they broke up last year and after that John began to act differently. He refuses to study and he always nervous and frustrated ("Strategies to Address Different Functions of a Student's Behavior", 2016).
Drawing a plan of an intervention
After analyzing provided information we have to make a plan of desirable objectives.
Step 1 - visit a psychologist. John has to visit a doctor in order to talk with him about the existing problem, about a situation in his family, about school.
Step 2 - to adjust family meetings or meetings with the father. John needs his father presence that is why these meetings are really important in order to have a positive intervention outcome.
Step 3 - to adjust some additional classes of math and physics in school. It shouldn't be lessons with teachers it could be lessons with successful pupils from John's class.
Step 4 - to plan extracurricular activities with John's classmates. John needs to spend more time with his classmates in order to improve his behavior. The teacher has to provide children with some interesting games that will stimulate positive communication between the participants.
Step 5 - to invent rewarding system. John has to know that every effort that he will do will be rewarded. He is a child and rewarding system will make a lot for achieving success.
Responsible personalities
The intervention needs to be held under the attentive monitoring. All of the family members will be the active participants in the process. Also, some of the teachers and certain classmates have to participate and play their role.
Method of measuring
At this point, it will be seen if the intervention is working or not. Here we should point out the steps that are working well and the steps that need to be revised. Also, it has to be decided whether it will be direct observation, different behavior sheets (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.), graphing, or self-monitoring.
Conclusion
The intervention will be successful only if all the participant will take an active part in it. A child has to be prepared to the intervention. He needs to understand the presence of the problem because replacement behavior process is a great procedure and only his desire to change will make it work ("Behavior Intervention Plan — Exceptional Children", 2016).
References
Strategies to Address Different Functions of a Student's Behavior. (2016). Cecp.air.org. Retrieved 1 July 2016, from http://cecp.air.org/fba/problembehavior3/strategies3.htm
Behavior Intervention Plan — Exceptional Children. (2016). Ec.ncpublicschools.gov. Retrieved 1 July 2016, from http://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/instructional-resources/behavior-support/resources/behavior-intervention-plan
