Escape Maintained Behavior

Daily Check-in

• Teaching/reminding students of routine to request a break.
• Reminder of requirements to take work home that is not finished at school.
• Homework completion checked. Provide time to complete homework if not completed (at check-in, during study hall, during non-academic period).
• Earned extra points for having all homework complete.

Use of DPR

• Teachers indicated if student requested a break and took it appropriately.
• Modified DPR - Visual prompts on how to request a break provided on back of DPR card.
• Daily goals linked to academic behavior. Student taught to track work completion throughout the day.
• Earned additional daily points if work tracked correctly.
• Student taught to self-monitor on-task behavior every minute using MotivAider.
• Homework tracker attached to DPR.

Teacher Feedback

• Teacher indicated whether break was appropriate with thumbs up/down.
• Modified amount/ difficulty of work - could choose to do less in school but had to take rest home to complete.
• Teacher provided feedback about whether the homework was recorded correctly - verbal praise or corrective feedback provided.

Daily Check-out

• Reminder of work required to be completed at home.
• Facilitator checked if homework was recorded.
• During checkout, earned extra points for having all work recorded correctly.
• Student had to complete supplemental math task during checkout; task could be skipped contingent upon appropriate behavior throughout day.

Reinforcement

• Rewards could include free time passes, tickets for reduction in work.
• When no supplemental math task, student able to spend time in computer lab.
• Access to more frequent contingent reinforcement - 5 minute break after every content period, based on self-monitoring data.