Tier I Interventions for Inappropriate Language
- Before you start, a few important points:
*Try multiple interventions
*Each intervention must be tried for at least 2 weeks
*Collect and track specific data on each intervention tried and the effect of each intervention over the time it was implemented
*After at least 6 weeks, you may consider moving to tier 2 interventions. You must submit your tier 1 data to and speak with your building administrator before moving to tier 2 as well.
Tier I interventions for Inappropriate Language:
*Click on interventions for additional information, forms, and resources - Acknowledging positive behavior
- Avoid power struggles
- Call parent or note home
- Card Flip
- Clear, consistent, and predictable consequences
- Have student say a nice thing to the student they called a name
- Logical consequence
- Model appropriate language
- Redirection
- Reflection sheet
- Review PBS expectations and rules
- Speak in calm and neutral tone
- Speak with student in hallway
- Start Commands
- Take away privileges
- Take away unstructured or free time
- Talk one on one with student
- Talk to parent
- Teach conflict resolution skills
- Teach coping skills
- Teach relationship skills
- Teach relaxation techniques
- Teach social skills
- Teach substitute words
