Meet Our Interventions

Our inventory features a collection of evidence-based interventions sorted into four broad categories to help you select the right intervention for students. Our evidence-based interventions have been shown to work in rigorous research studies. Intervention selection should be guided by individual student learning or behavior needs. 

Reading & Writing

Speech

Math

Behavior

Selecting an Intervention

When selecting an intervention think of a student in need and ask two questions. First, is this primarily an academic problem, a behavior problem or both? Second, what is the most likely reason that the student is having this problem?

Common Academic Reasons for Problems

• The task is too hard for the student.
• They have not had enough help doing the task. For example, the student has a high error rate when trying to do the task.
• The student has not spent enough time doing the academic activity. For example, the student is slow when doing the task.
• The student has not done the academic task that way before.
• The student does not want to do the academic task..

Common Behavioral Reasons for Problems

• It is a small group or classwide problem.
  
• The student needs help learning the appropriate behavior.
  
• The student is able to avoid (e.g. academic or social task) something when they engage in the behavior.
  
• The student is able to gain something (e.g. attention) when they engage in the problem behavior.
  
• The student needs help doing the behavior in a new setting, time or manner..
  

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