Interventions for Attendance Concerns
- Have the student document personal attendance/promptness at the end of each school day
- Following extended periods of absence, meet with the student to develop a plan for the completion of make-up work (e.g eliminate non-essential assignments, chunk assignments, utilize calendar with specific due dates.
- Write a contract with the student specifying what behavior is expected (e.g. being in attendance, etc) and what reinforcement will be made available when the terms of the contract have been met.
- Involve the student in extra-curricular activities
- Provide the student with many opportunities for social and academic success
- Interact frequently with the student in a positive manner.
- Help the student to develop friendships which may encourage his/her attendance
- Privately and genuinely recognize the student when he/she does attend class.
- Give the student an activity/responsibility to be performed at the beginning of each class
- Determine if there are aspects of activities the student dislikes or tries to avoid. Remove, reduce or modify the unpleasant aspect of activities
- Make the student the leader of an activity or group