1. www.intervention central.org
Response Effort
Presenter: Jim Wright
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3. Response Effort: Example

4. Response Effort
The teacher selects either an undesirable behavior to decrease or a desirable behavior to increase.
If necessary, the teacher breaks the targeted behavior into more manageable sub-steps.
The teacher chooses ways to alter the response effort required to complete each selected behavior or behavior sub-step.

5. Response Effort: Examples
TO REDUCE BEHAVIOR. A teacher had a student who would walk over to the computer to play academic games at inappropriate times. The teacher decided to shut the computer down when it was not being used. The student did not want to wait for the computer to boot up each time he wanted to play and quickly stopped using it outside of scheduled times.
TO INCREASE BEHAVIOR. A student with ADHD would stall for long periods when assigned independent seatwork. The teacher assigned him a peer ‘study buddy’ who helped the student to get organized and start the assignment. As a result, the student began to turn in work regularly.