Self-management is a strategy in which a student keeps
track of his/her own behavior, either for the purpose of
increasing a positive behavior or skill or for the purpose
of decreasing
a problem behavior. Self-management is a valuable intervention
because it empowers the student to monitor and change
his/her
own behavior; the student is his/her own agent of change
rather than depending on adults to bring about change.
Self-management has been used with many students of different
ages and with varying abilities. Self-management also can
be individualized to meet the student’s specific
behavioral and academic concerns. Self-management has been
used to improve:
Engagement
Appropriate peer interactions
Academic performance
Problem behaviors (e.g., aggression, disruption)
Appropriate classroom behavior (e.g., raising hand
in class, sitting in seat)