Aself-management strategy related to the positive reinforcement function has the goal of developing behavior that is under the control of verbal statements made by the student. this strategy typically involves the adult asking (and initially prompting) the student to identify the appropriate behavior that she or he will do during a specified period of time, and the student later reporting whether he or she engaged in the appropriate behavior. reinforcement is delivered when there is a match between what the student "says" and "does." this strategy may best be described as: