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Want to positively reinforce
some organizing behaviors? For elementary
school-age children, consider a simply daily
behavior card based on their current needs and
levels. The items that you include on the card
should represent activities that require some level
of effort on the child's part but should not be too
far beyond their current abilities. Note that if
the student doesn't have the requisite skill, you
must provide direct instruction and not just use a
"reward" to motivate him or her. If you're not sure
whether the student has the skill, first assess
before implementing this system.
Here is a sample daily goal
card that you can adapt to your needs. It
represents a hypothetical child's goals to develop
a homework recording/packing up routine. To make it
more effective, have the students score themselves
and then review their assessment with you for each
point. Your judgement determines whether they get
the point for the item or not, however.
Keep in mind that you will
need to establish a reward menu to make this
effective, but not all rewards have to be tangible
items -- some rewards can be access to activities
of high interest to the child - like special time
with you, reading a book together, etc.
Sample
Daily Goal Card for Recording Homework/Packing
Up
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Task
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Points Earned (0,
1)
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Wrote down all my
homework assignments.
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Got all my books to
go with the assignments and put them in my
backpack.
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Got all handouts or
worksheets for the assignments and put
them in my folder.
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Packed my notebook
in my backpack.
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Packed my folder in
my backpack.
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Points Earned for
Day (Max = 5)
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