Interventions for Late/Incomplete Classwork or Homework
- Specify exactly what is to be done for the completion of an assignment or task (e.g., indicate definite starting and stopping points, indicate the minimum requirements, etc.)
- Assign one task/assignment at a time. Give the student ample time to complete it.
- Assign smaller amounts of homework and monitor whether student can achieve this amount of work
- Adjust late policy/due date.
- Have the student develop a checklist/chart to follow which will allow him/her to complete all assignments.
- Organize assignments by dividing them into small segments with deadlines.
- Provide the student with a selection of assignments requiring him/her to choose a minimum number of problems or tasks from the total.
- Work a few problems of the assignment with the student to serve as a model and start the student on the assignment.
- Check over the student's class work when he/she is finished. Return unfinished work to be completed for credit.
- Develop a contract with the student and his/her parents requiring that homework be done before more desirable activities take place at home (e.g., playing, watching television, going out for the evening, etc.)
- Provide the student with written directions for doing homework assignments.
- Allow the student to complete alternative homework assignments using a different learning style (compose a song, use a computer, etc)
- Require the student to set up time during study hall or after school to finish work in the classroom.
- Introduce the student to other resource persons who may be of help in performing homework assignments (e.g., WHO-U Lead or Interventionist, 11th hour staff, etc).
- Reduce writing requirements on assignments