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| Helping students respond to instructions or tasks
they may not particularly like can be frustrating.
However, simple interventions exist that can improve
a student’s responding to instructions or tasks
that he or she may have previously displayed resistance
to following. One intervention of this type is called
behavioral momentum. Behavioral momentum interventions
are designed to build a student’s “momentum” for
following directions. Just like a boulder rolling
down a steep hill will gain speed and momentum, so
does a behavior the more we engage in it. |
| The goal of the behavioral momentum
intervention is to create a “momentum of compliance”.
This momentum will keep the student “rolling
down the hill”, so that he or she is more likely
to continue following subsequent instructions, even
ones that are difficult or disliked. |
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