Instructional Match: Ensuring Students Can Do the Work

A frequent trigger for behavior problems is that the student lacks the skills necessary to do the assigned schoolwork.

Type: Core Instruction, Student Strategy

Procedure: 
To verify instructional match, the teacher:
(1) inventories the target student's academic skills and 
(2) adjusts assignments or provides additional academic assistance as needed to ensure that the student is appropriately challenged but not overwhelmed by the work.

Source: http://www.interventioncentral.org/tools/behavior-intervention-planner

Research Citation: Kern, L. & Clemens, N. H. (2007). Antecedent strategies to promote appropriate classroom behavior. Psychology in the Schools, 44, 65-75.