Support for Gifted SE-part 2
Underachievement & Procrastination
Underachievement
Underachievement Reversal Strategies
- Fill educational gaps
- Provide interest-based projects
- Provide independent studies
- Involve parents
- Offer extracurricular activities
- Review ALPs if appropriate
- Provide mentors
- Provide group and individual counseling
- Provide bibliotherapy
- Crunch assignments and slowly expand
- Teach students self-regulation skills
- Set regular study periods
- Set realistic goals
- Use a regular study area
- Prioritize tasks
- Learn to say no to distractions
- Self-reward success
Procrastination
Tips for Procrastinators
- Allow more time than you think is needed
- Set flexible but realistic goals
- Break big projects into smaller ones
- Start something now, even if you don’t feel prepared
- Realize that nothing can be perfect
- Begin with the most difficult or least enjoyable task
- Have fun without the guilt
- Keep a diary of your progress---list accomplishments and feel proud
- Remove distractions from work area
- Keep a list of projects you want to do if you use your time productively
- Encourage them begin projects and large assignments early
- Help them break large assignments into smaller pieces (i.e., outline, reference list, introduction, etc.)
- Praise the process----help them focus on effort and time spent on the process
- Help them alternate between tasks they enjoy and tasks they dislike
- Encourage them to keep a journal of the things that make them proud of themselves; help them be specific
- Structure homework to limit distractions
- Encourage beating deadlines by providing extrinsic and intrinsic incentives