Homework, Organization, and Planning Skills (HOPS) and Completing Homework by Improving Efficiency and Focus (CHIEF)
About the Intervention
Two brief school-based interventions targeting homework problems in middle school students with ADHD. HOPS focuses on organization and planning skills including materials organization (bookbag, binder, locker systems), homework recording in a planner, and time-management/planning for projects and tests. CHIEF focuses on improving focus and efficiency during homework completion through structured work sessions with behavioral monitoring, work completion goals, and a token/points system. Both interventions consist of 16 individual sessions (20 minutes or less each) delivered twice weekly for the first 10 sessions, then once weekly for the final 6 sessions, completed over 11 weeks. Students are pulled from elective periods during the school day. Both include two 1-hour parent meetings to teach parents monitoring and reward strategies. School mental health providers with master's degrees in counseling deliver the interventions after receiving manuals and two 1-hour training meetings, with no ongoing supervision.
Statistical Findings
Positive effect: on parent-rated homework problems
Positive effect: on parent-rated organizational skills
Positive effect: on parent-rated homework performance
Positive effect: on parent-rated task planning
Positive effect: on parent-rated organized actions
Positive effect: on parent-rated materials management
Positive effect: on teacher-rated organized actions
Positive effect: on teacher-rated materials management
No effect: on teacher-rated homework performance
No effect: on teacher-rated task planning
No effect: on GPA
More Intervention Details
Focus Areas
Those with DisabilitiesPrograms & Services
General Education, Special Education ServicesDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
Specific learning disabilityTarget Groups
Student(s)Citation
Bourchtein, E., Dvorsky, M. R., Eadeh, H., Eddy, L. D., Langberg, J. M., Molitor, S. J., Oddo, L. E. & Smith, Z. R. (2017). Overcoming the Research-to-Practice Gap: A Randomized Trial with Two Brief Homework and Organization Interventions for Students with ADHD as Implemented by School Mental Health Providers (ED578876). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED578876.pdf.
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