Intervention Plans

It is important to identify an intervention plan that motivates the student to demonstrate appropriate behavior, while also addresses the reason they are demonstrating the behavior in the first place.  Knoff (2014) describes an intervention plan as “We’re trying to basically set up a situation where we’re reinforcing the student’s behavior so that progressively we get more and more appropriate behavior, and we’re able to fade out and need or use fewer and fewer or less and less overt positive reinforcements” (p. 1).  There are many different intervention options relative to a student’s behavior.  Consistent reinforcement schedules, such as fixed-ratio and variable-ratio, involve providing a reinforcer to a student after they demonstrate appropriate behavior for a period of time.  Group contingency interventions involve an individual earning a reward for the group by demonstrating appropriate behavior, using the pressure from the group to assist an individual in controlling their behavior.  No matter which intervention plan is developed, it must be motivational to the student in order to be ultimately successful.

References

Knoff, H. (2014) Module 3, Part 2: Positive Reinforcement and Group

Contingencies {Presentation} Retrieved from the American College of Education Canvas website:   

https://ace.instructure.com/courses/1254508/files/49162480? module_item_id=11308716