Check In/Check Out
Check In/Check Out is a great proactive management strategy for the classroom environment.
Here's how it works:
The Check In Check Out program (also referred to as Behaviour Education Program is built on a daily cycle in which a student checks in with a designated adult in the morning to develop behavioral goals, carries around a point card which provides numerous opportunities for adult behavioral feedback throughout the day, reviews behavior relative to goals with designated adult at the end of the day, and gives the point card to a parent at the end of the day, which the parent then signs and returns to the school. The CICO (Check In Check Out) program is designed for students who do not respond to primary (school wide) prevention, but do not demonstrate dangerous patterns of problem behaviour.
Here's how it works:
The Check In Check Out program (also referred to as Behaviour Education Program is built on a daily cycle in which a student checks in with a designated adult in the morning to develop behavioral goals, carries around a point card which provides numerous opportunities for adult behavioral feedback throughout the day, reviews behavior relative to goals with designated adult at the end of the day, and gives the point card to a parent at the end of the day, which the parent then signs and returns to the school. The CICO (Check In Check Out) program is designed for students who do not respond to primary (school wide) prevention, but do not demonstrate dangerous patterns of problem behaviour.
In a post ad hoc study published in the Journal of Education and treatment of children, the level of student problem behavior, as measured by minor and combined Office Discipline Referrals was significantly lower when students were participating in the Check In Check Out program than before participation. Further, two-thirds of participants showed significant decreases across all Office Discipline Referrals when placed in the program. So if your students are not responding to primary school wide prevention please try the Check In Check Out strategy, it has been proven to work!!
For more information please check out this link:
https://coe.uoregon.edu/ipbs/files/2012/03/Academic-Behavior-Check-inCheck-out-Implementation-Manual.pdf
https://coe.uoregon.edu/ipbs/files/2012/03/Academic-Behavior-Check-inCheck-out-Implementation-Manual.pdf
Resources:
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K., McKenna M., Benedict E., Horner R., Todd A., and Watson J. (2007). Check in/ Check out: a
post-hoc evaluation of an efficient, secondary-level targeted intervention for
reducing problem behaviors in schools. Education
and Treatment of Children 30.1 (2007) 69-84. Turtura
J., and Anderson C. (2010). Academic Behaviour: check in/check out. University
of Oregan.