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What Makes Self & Match So Successful?

The Self & Match System is much more than a how-to-guide on behavioral intervention. It is a user-friendly system designed to teach self-monitoring. Self-monitoring is a proven tool that can be used across the lifespan; it’s a concept present in everyday tools like fitness tracking and budget management.

We built the Self & Match System around four basic ideas that evidence shows are essential for creating a successful behavioral intervention program. By teaching practical ways to engage in positive actions, our system helps individuals – whether they are students or clients – achieve behavioral, social, and academic success. Our evidence-based system of self-monitoring is used by educators, therapists, and parents in a variety of settings to enhance skills, foster positive change, boost independence, and uplift lives.

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Systematic Planning

Systematic planning with our tools and step-by-step instructions before beginning an intervention makes a world of difference.

Self Match No One Is Perfect
No One Is Perfect

Set the criteria for earning a reward at an attainable level. We often advocate setting a student’s criteria for a reward at 80–85% of the total number of possible points.

Self Match Link Rewards
Link Rewards

We strongly encourage users to link rewards to the student’s behavioral function(s), whether they are attention-gaining or escape-motivated behaviors.

Self Match Dynamic Intervention
Modify Intervention

We built the system so that as behavior changes the intervention can change to keep shaping and reinforcing appropriate behaviors

Empowerment Unlocks Full Potential

Teaching practical ways to engage in positive actions enhances learning and builds stronger relationships. Which leads to a better quality of life – and that’s what it is all about!

3 Key Components

The Self & Match System incorporates three key components which work together to enhance behavioral success in a variety of settings. While Self & Match Workshops are an optional part of the Self & Match System, our users report they gain even more benefit by attending one of our live or virtual trainings.

Self & Match Manual

The Self & Match Manual describes how the Self & Match System works and serves as a compass for navigating the collaborative setup process. The comprehensive guides and practical tips included in the manual are based on the theory behind self-monitoring. The manual provides numerous examples of how the Self & Match System can be used across a variety of environments–school, home, the community.

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Self & Match Forms

The Self & Match System forms are at the core of our system. The forms are constructed to serve as a dynamic tool that can change over time as behavior evolves and improves over time. There are 19 sample forms, each of which can be customized to create a positive collaboration between the educator/parent and the child/teen/young adult who is participating in the program.

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Consultations & Workshops

Our workshops are an extension to the Self & Match manual and enable users to optimize the results of the Self & Match System. Attendees participate in an  interactive session and receive hands-on instruction on how to use the Self & Match system to best suit their individual needs. We provide attendees with insights from real-world examples that help them optimize the Self & Match System.

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Self & Match In Schools

Self & Match In The Home

Self & Match In The Community

Rooted In Behavioral Research

Self-management using a social accountability check-in match component.

Adaptable For Various Settings

Can be used in a variety of settings including homes, schools and communities

Empowering Students & Clients

Linking interventions and rewards to student motivation leads to higher success.

Evolving Intervention Methodology

The intervention will evolve and advance with the student as progress is made.

Latest News

Keep in touch with the latest news on upcoming workshops, our latest research, and insights into tips on techniques to help you make the most of the Self & Match system.

What Our Users Are Saying

The Self & Match System reduces unnecessary costs in litigation. As a Director of Special Education, I find The Self & Match System affordable, user friendly, and highly effective. Currently, my entire special education department is trained in using The Self and Match System. It's currently being implemented across a variety of classroom settings within our District. When implemented with fidelity, The Self & Match System reduces unnecessary costs in litigation, non-public schools, and outside behavior agencies.

Mimi M

Director of Special Education

As a general education teacher, I work with a wide variety of students with varying social, emotional, behavioral, and academic needs. In my classroom I have used, and met great success, with The Self & Match System. This self-monitoring system gives students the ability to be aware of their behaviors and gives them a sense of ownership over their behavior. In my 10 years of teaching I have used many different behavior monitoring tools, The Self & Match System, in my opinion is one of the best! Students know what their daily goals are, the system is easy for parents and students to understand, and it can be implemented as a whole class behavior system or on an individual basis. I would recommend the Self & Match System to all educators. I truly believe that this system can positively affect the dynamic of any classroom!

Robyn E

General Education Teacher

I can't thank Jamie and Katie enough for creating this valuable tool. As an experienced school psychologist, I can unequivocally say that Self & Match is my go-to tool for general education or special education teachers struggling with problem behavior students. I have been using Self & Match since the beginning and no other tool comes close in effectiveness in my opinion. Teaching self-reflection and ownership of behaviors to students with maladaptive behaviors is very difficult. What Self & Match excels in: goal oriented, self-monitoring, reinforcing positive behaviors, 1:1 attention, self-reflection, and accountability. Even though I tweaked the Self & Match charts to match my liking over the years, the essential elements remain the same. I have used Self & Match with various populations and grades ranging from K-8. It has proven to be effective in all environments: general education, special ed classrooms, and social-emotional programs. I have even recommended the system to my cohort in my doctorate program. If you have a dedicated teacher who is willing try and stay consistent in implementation then this is the tool for you.

Eun P

School Psychologist

I've been utilizing the Self & Match system for the last 7 years in many different capacities and have yet to find a student I cannot make it work for. As a district behavior specialist I have been able to customize this system to support students from preschool to 8th grade. I have seen the success of self-monitoring work across age levels, academic settings and disabilities. One highlight of the manual is the extensive Consideration Guidelines. I have found that in order to get all stakeholder buy-in, completing the consideration guidelines as a team will get even the most reluctant teacher on board. In the new manual there are Advanced Consideration Guidelines that make troubleshooting the system even more thorough. Katie and Jamie also make themselves available for trainings, think tank meetings and now coffee chats through Patreon to provide ongoing guidance, troubleshooting and idea swapping for any implementer of the Self & Match system. I truly cannot recommended this intervention enough!

Hannah R

District BCBA