Homework Strategies: Helping your Child with Learning at Home

Course Description

Homework is a common after-school routine that many children may try to avoid. This workshop focuses on effective homework strategies and provides parents and caregivers with practical tips to make homework and learning a more enjoyable experience for your child. Learn about evidence-based homework strategies to support your child in completing academic tasks at home.

The Importance of Homework Strategies

After-school routines often involve snacks, downtime, and completing homework before dinner. Many children engage in escape behaviour or struggle with homework assignments. This course introduces antecedent strategies that parents can use to prevent challenging behaviour and make homework time more manageable.

Evidence-Based Homework Strategies

We will explore eight evidence-based homework strategies that parents and caregivers can implement to make this routine tolerable and eventually enjoyable. These strategies include:

• Reducing task duration
• Reducing task difficulty
• Modifying traditional learning with student interests
• Modifying the medium through which the homework is completed
• Offering choice
• Interspersing easy and difficult tasks
• Pairing the environment
• Using visual supports

Reinforcement and Prompting Techniques

In addition to antecedent strategies, we will review how reinforcement can be used to increase cooperation with homework tasks. We will also explore prompting techniques to help your child complete difficult tasks more independently.

Is This Course Right for You?

This course is ideal if you've ever thought:

• "My child engages in undesired behaviour when it's time to complete homework or academic tasks."
• "This one worksheet is taking a long time to complete."
• "How can I help my child do homework more independently?"

Course Objectives

By the end of this workshop on homework strategies, participants will be able to:

• Learn eight antecedent strategies which prevent challenging behaviour around homework completion
• Understand how reinforcement can increase cooperation with task completion
• Apply prompting techniques to support your child in completing homework tasks

Why Choose This Course?

• Evidence-Based Approaches: Learn homework strategies proven effective for children with diverse learning needs
• Practical Application: Gain skills you can immediately implement in your home
• Positive Learning Environment: Discover how to create a more enjoyable homework experience
• Individualized Support: Understand how to tailor homework strategies to your child's specific needs
• Long-term Benefits: Help your child develop independent learning skills that will serve them throughout their education