organizational skills
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Understanding Special Education and Supporting Your Child’s Ability to Learn
A few tips for working with
your child at home
Parents Can:
1. Create a specific time to do homework each day.
2. Provide a quiet, consistent homework location.
3. Have extra supplies.
4. Assist with prioritizing activities.
5. Use a calendar to make a homework schedule for
each week and for longer time periods.
6. Reward good organizational skills.
Organizational Skills
Identify a preferred activity to complete after homework is finished
Design routines (homework, packing backpack)
Write lists/reminders
Ensure that your child is prepared for school
Organizational Skills Cont.
There are strategies you can use that are positive
and proactive that can prevent problem behavior
from arising during homework time.
But… YOU need to remember to use them!
They only work if they are in place.
What can you do if your child does not want to do homework?
Choices may be the most effective strategy to reduce noncompliant/oppositional behavior
Choices can be offered regarding: Where to do a task When With which materials How With whom
Offering Choices
Everyone likes to have a choice…
Identify a set of high probability requests Identify a set of low probability requests Deliver the high probability requests (each
followed by praise) and then deliver the low probability request
High Probability Request Sequence
Parent Student Parent
“Write your name” Writes name “Wow, that looks great!”
“Put the date.” Writes the date “Wow! You spelled February perfectly!”
“Write the subject.” Writes the subject “Your hand writing is getting better and better.”
“Write a paragraph.” (low probability request)
Writes paragraph “Hurrah!”
Identify an activity your child does not like to perform or complete
Split the responsibility of the task Gradually require your child to take on more
and more of the task independently
Example: Kala had her daughter Faith pick three words from her list of 10 and Kala looked them up in the dictionary for her. The next time, she had Kayla pick 2 words, and the next time, only 1. Over time, Faith did it herself.
Collaborative Activity
Identify a set of preferred items/activities that do not interfere with homework.
Allow your child to access one of the preferred items/activities while doing his/her homework.
Examples: Listening to a favorite song, eating/drinking a favorite snack, working in a favorite area, being with a friend.
Preferred Item as Distractor
Sample Token Systems
What I need to do:-Read for 20 minutes-15 math problems-Study my spelling words
I am working for:Games on my computer
C O M P U T _ _
I’m working for the…
Time I focused on my homework
I completed assignments
I earned my
3:30 – 3:45
3:45 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:15
4:15 – 4:30
4:30 – 4:45
Plan ahead… With prior planning, homework can go from this:
To this:
It can be a positive experience and result in academic gains!
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