Pre-corrections are a simple means of keeping
students mindful of behavioral expectations just before they encounter
situations in which they are most likely to misbehave.
Type: Student Strategy
Procedure:
Here are the steps to using effective
pre-corrections:
(1) The teacher specifically defines the student problem
behavior(s) and identifies those situations in the school setting where the
problem behavior(s) tend to be displayed;
(2) The teacher meets with the
student to share information about that student's problem behaviors and the
related situations or settings where they occur;
(3) In their meeting, the
teacher and student next come up with expected or acceptable replacement
behaviors that the student should instead display in those situations;
(4) At
the 'point of performance' (that is, whenever the student is about to encounter
a problem situation), the teacher delivers a brief pre-correction, a timely
behavioral reminder that alerts the student verbally or non-verbally to
remember to follow the classroom behavioral rule or expectation.
Source: http://www.interventioncentral.org/tools/behavior-intervention-planner
Research Citation: De Pry, R. L., & Sugai, G. (2002). The
effect of active supervision and pre-correction on minor behavioral incidents
in a sixth grade general education classroom. Journal of Behavioral Education,
11(4), 255–267.