Implications+and+Adaptations

Strategies to Consider or Explore:

• Allow more time for completing tasks and tests. • For students with compulsive writing rituals, consider limiting handwritten work. • For students with compulsive reading rituals, consider limiting the amount to be read or breaking it up into chunks . • If the student has perfectionistic traits, they may stay up all night working and reworking an essay or paper. Talk to the parent to find out if this is happening so that you don't inadvertently reinforce the problem by complimenting the student on the 'perfect' work. • Try to reduce triggers to compulsive rituals, if possible. • Be alert to peer problems or teasing or harassment associated with compulsive rituals.