1. The Procrastinator
This PowerPoint has been developed from information gained on the website. It contains excellent advice on dealing with over 117 ways students find to divert teacher management away from their primary concern of teaching and learning.

2. The Procrastinator Behaviour:
Long on talk and enthusiasm but short on work and success.
Likes to look busy, but getting little done.
Always puts things off.
Has no sense of urgency.
Usually "talks a good game," but accomplishes little. To hear this student talk, one would think he/she couldn't wait to get to work, or to put into practice what he/she has learned.
Often the first to volunteer for a task. Says, "Oh, I'll do it." Unfortunately, never says when.
Never gets anything done; is always "going to get it done tomorrow."
Does seem to have a need to please and usually does want to get the job done.
Behaviour:
Specific attitudes and actions of this child at home and/or at school.

3. The Procrastinator Effects:
How behaviour affects teachers, classmates, and parents in the school learning environment and the home family situation.
Others become very angry when they depend on the procrastinator and he/she lets them down.
Others tend to doubt all of this student's intentions.
Others express low expectations of his/her attempts to do a task.
Classmates usually do not want to work with him/her.

4. The Procrastinator Action:
Primary Causes of Misbehavior
Attention The procrastinator gains some recognition for always saying he/she will get to something, even if it never gets done.
Primary Needs Being Revealed
Sexuality This student is making every effort to establish relationships with adults and peers alike, but in the wrong way.
Escape from Pain This student may be attempting to cover his/her inability to achieve.
Secondary Needs Being Revealed
Aggression The need to be taught how to be assertive is important to this student. His/her actions are attempts to be assertive and responsible.
Power This student may desire power, and may need to be taught the responsibility that must go along with that power.
The Procrastinator
Action:
Identify causes of misbehaviour. Pinpoint student needs being revealed. Employ specific methods, procedures, and techniques at school and at home for getting the child to modify or change his/her behaviour.

5. The Procrastinator More Action
Don't beat around the bush. Tell the student exactly what he/she is doing. The student already knows he/she is a procrastinator.
Talk about the fact that putting things off is a natural human tendency. This approach will allow you to achieve the best results with the procrastinator.
Show the student how this behavior is giving him/her a reputation opposite the one he/she so desperately wants.
Show, by example, how waiting to complete tasks hurts the student personally.
Explain how this behavior affects the feelings of others toward the student-and the student's own feelings toward him/herself.
Help the student change by assigning dates for partial and total completion of any assigned task.
Talk to the student about being only as good as his/her word. Likewise, talk about developing a sense of urgency.
Encourage the procrastinator to complete one project before he/she volunteers for another. In the process, make sure the hard parts of tasks are done first. Give the student immediate instructions to begin. Have him/her give you step-by-step progress reports.
Always remember this student's tremendous need and urgency to please. Capitalize on this need by checking work and giving praise. With teacher understanding, patience, and guidance, the student can overcome this problem.

6. The Procrastinator Teacher Mistakes:
Common misjudgments and errors in managing the child which may perpetuate or intensify the problem.
Getting mad.
Failing to see this student's desire to please.
Putting the student down publicly, and not helping privately.
Letting the student take on more than he/she can handle. The Questioner