• Self-management interventions have been used for children with emotional and behavioral disorders, autism, intellectual disability, and for children diagnosed with ADHD (Hinshaw & Melnick, 1992; Shapiro, DuPaul, & Bradley-Klug, 1998; Shimabukuro, Parker, Jenkins, & Edelen-Smith, 1999).

• Behavioral intervention that teaches individuals to recognize their own behaviors and set behavioral goals, including identifying which behaviors to increase and decrease and recording and reinforcing their own behaviors (Koegel, Koegel, & Parks, 1995). 

• ​Promotes independence and personal control over behavior by teaching students how to use behavioral interventions for self-treatment.

• Effective in:

1. Improving academic engagement

2. Improving academic performance

3. Improving reading performance

4. Improving on-task behavior

5. Improving classroom preparation

6. Increasing compliance

7. Reducing problem/disruptive behaviors

8. Reducing inappropriate verbalizations

9. Reducing negative social interactions

(Agran et al., 2005; Barry & Messer, 2003; Briesch & Briesch, 2016; Bruhn, McDaniel, & Kreigh, 2015; Ganz, 2008; Sheffield & Waller, 2010)​

• Effectiveness of self management strategy when combined with psychostimulants  is more effective than drug therapy alone (Pelham et al., 2000).