School Clinical & Consulting Services (SCCS) is an organization dedicated to helping schools provide the most successful educational experience for children who are impacted by social, emotional, behavioral, developmental, and neurological conditions. Through staff education and embedded training, SCCS supports all staff who work with an identified child, with tools for practical interventions that can be carried out in the classroom, and with customized programs for children that become a permanent part of the school independent of outside consultation. SCCS Intervention … »» More Information about Programs & Services
Approach
The Consultation Team Approach
Building Sustainable School Capacity To Better Address Emotional and Behavioral Problems. MISSION: The Consultation Team increases the school's capacity to successfully educate children who are impacted by social, emotional, behavioral, developmental, and/or neurological conditions, by further developing the schools' ability to create practical and sustainable interventions that can be carried out in the classroom, by providing embedded professional development for all staff who work with these children, by creating programs for children that become a permanent part of the school, and by establishing building-based consultation teams with existing school staff that can … »» Learn More about The Consultation Team Approach
Program Areas
Soft Skills for School and Life
Social Emotional Learning: Soft Skills for School and Life Soft … [Full Article...] about Soft Skills for School and Life
The Green Zone: Basic Guidelines and Reminders for Staff
The Green Zone is a recognition program on a large magnetic … [Full Article...] about The Green Zone: Basic Guidelines and Reminders for Staff
Trauma-impacted Students: Guide to Materials
The following is a list of materials to understand and support … [Full Article...] about Trauma-impacted Students: Guide to Materials
Teacher Attention Program
This is a "coupon program" designed to increase greater … [Full Article...] about Teacher Attention Program
Compassion Fatigue and Resilience With Staff in Therapeutic Program
Almost anyone can learn the methods associated with the Brain … [Full Article...] about Compassion Fatigue and Resilience With Staff in Therapeutic Program
Brain-Based Therapeutic Intervention Programming for Children (BBTIPC)
A therapeutic classroom provides children who have moderate to … [Full Article...] about Brain-Based Therapeutic Intervention Programming for Children (BBTIPC)
Clinical Articles By Kevin Plummer, PhD
Student Performance During Distance Learning
Measuring Student Performance in Therapeutic Programs During Distance Learning Even after the forced school closings of 2020 have generally ceased, the option of … » » Full Article about Student Performance During Distance Learning
Stress Feedback – Getting Back to Calm and Settled
This scale is a teaching tool, designed to provide the settling student with continuous and incremental feedback on their progress from a stressed state to a … » » Full Article about Stress Feedback – Getting Back to Calm and Settled
Social Detecting
The Social Detecting Worksheet This adult-facilitated worksheet is used with students who experience frequent misperceptions in social situations, leading to … » » Full Article about Social Detecting
Intensity of Behavior
The Severity and Intensity of Behavior Scale Intensity of behavior is a relevant qualifying variable in the case of most students referred to or being considered … » » Full Article about Intensity of Behavior
Being a Good Sport
A Comprehension Guide Part of the Good Fit Program Being a Good Sport … » » Full Article about Being a Good Sport
Video: Supporting Trauma-impacted Students in the Classroom
This is presentation providing an excellent overview of how to support trauma-impacted students in the classroom. Please also refer to our Trauma-impacted students: … » » Full Article about Video: Supporting Trauma-impacted Students in the Classroom
Other Writing
A Brief Reflection on Thirty Years of Service
In my career, I am most proud of three things, but in addition … [Read More...] about A Brief Reflection on Thirty Years of Service
Don’t Forget to Look Up
I was out walking the other day and I took a detour into the … [Read More...] about Don’t Forget to Look Up
Back to Work
Back to Work … [Read More...] about Back to Work
Teachers of the Pandemic
Teaching during this pandemic has been an arduous challenge for … [Read More...] about Teachers of the Pandemic
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Parent-Child Narratives
Messages from parents, such as these, can certainly be instrumental in shaping a positive and secure child identity. In addition, they reflect the principles of positive psychology and a strengths-based approach, and they echo the clinical writing on this site (and also the novel Long Run), particularly the articles on communication, relationship building, attunement, engagement, memory management, community building and shaping identity.
Our words have a profound impact on children. These narratives are meant to inspire the reader, and perhaps even to help parents and teachers find the words to discuss meaningful moments with their own children. -KP
Don’t Forget to Look Up
I was out walking the other day and I took a detour into the woods. I took the detour so I could be fascinated with what I might find, but I walked for some time … » » Keep Reading about Don’t Forget to Look Up
Back to Work
Back to Work … » » Keep Reading about Back to Work