Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Lack of focus I have a student that I work with in the classroom who will often be playing with some object that she has (and needs) such as a pencil and eraser. Or she will want to talk to me about something off topic (TV shows, animals, etc) while the teacher is instructing the class. I have tried telling her to listen because this is an important topic, and even tried saying "We can talk about this after we are done with the work and the teacher is done talking". However, it seems no matter what I do I cannot get her to pay attention. Any suggestions? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) You can implement a reward system. If the students pays attention for the lesson, then they can be rewarded with the item that they were playing with, like the pencil.