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Intensity of Behavior

K. Plummer Site — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:18:15 +0000

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 for referral or change in a therapeutic program. It helps to have a scale that makes the discussion of intensity of behavior less subjective.
Related:
Episode Data Form
Measuring Student Performance
Monitoring Student Engagement Tolerance & Program Participation
Rating Guidelines
Program Student Evaluation
Documentation of Extreme Deterioration in Mental Status and Emotional Stability

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What it Takes to Succeed with the “Therapeutic Approach” (the BBTIPC)

K. Plummer Site — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 05:50:12 +0000

This is a piece intended to support educators who want to better inform their new hires about the commitment required by the Brain-Based Therapeutic Intervention Program for Children (the “Therapeutic Approach”). Many new staff members come into their roles with past experience in behavior programs they’ve worked with, or methods they’ve learned and applied elsewhere. According to experienced therapeutic staff, it’s not uncommon for new hires to express surprise at the demands of the program, such as the extra time spent on program planning meetings, reading explanatory articles, learning new strategies, reviewing summary notes from program development sessions, and creating/revising new interventions. This brief orientation…

direct download (pdf)

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Measuring Student Performance

K. Plummer Site — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:49:41 +0000

A Student Performance Rating Scale: The Brain-Based Therapeutic Intervention Program for Children

The below comprehensive rating form can be used to collect performance information twice during the school day, once in the morning and again in the afternoon. If more frequent ratings are needed, see the individual measure rating forms for: Tolerance, engagement and participation • Green Zone Performance • Green Zone and Tolerance/engagement/participation: Combined Measures • Episode Data • Intensity of Behavior • Student Performance During Distance Learning • Sportsmanship Scoring Key • Levels of Independence with Competitive Game Play Rubric • Documentation of Deterioration in Mental Status and Emotional Stability

Direct download: Student Performance Rating Scale

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Brain-Based Therapeutic Intervention Programming for Children (BBTIPC)

K. Plummer Site — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 17:01:32 +0000

A therapeutic classroom provides children who have moderate to severe self-control and self-regulation problems (due to emotional, behavioral, social and academic development deficits) an opportunity to grow and develop in a highly supported school treatment environment. Growth and development is defined as the development of skills, development of coping strategies, development of productive relationships, and development of the person…

Also see: Therapeutic Intensity Rubrics for BBTIPC

Many more forms, ratings and BBTIPC-related articles may also be found here.

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Episode Data

K. Plummer Site — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 10:52:10 +0000

Tracking Episode Data: Episode Coding

Much of student behavior is captured by the tolerance, engagement and participation data.
Related: Intensity of Behavior Scale
Measuring Student Performance
Monitoring Student Engagement Tolerance & Program Participation
Rating Guidelines
Program Student Evaluation
Documentation of Deterioration in Mental Status and Emotional Stability

Direct Download: Episode Data

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Monitoring Student Engagement, Tolerance and Program Participation (BBTIPC)

K. Plummer Site — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 14:36:01 +0000

Monitoring Student Engagement, Tolerance and Program Participation (BBTIPC)

It is common, at the end of the school day, for the teacher to write a note home to parents of selected students to report on the students’ performance during the school day. These notes are narrative, anecdotal accounts. Please also see 2019 article Teacher Guidelines for Parent Feedback (transitioning to numerical rating system)

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Teacher Guidelines for Providing Parent Feedback on Student Performance

K. Plummer Site — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 16:36:27 +0000

This document is intended as a guide for teachers, so they can help parents make the transition from anecdotal notes to numerical ratings. Other performance information will also be provided (Green Zone performance, Credit Check success), but the primary daily information will be in the form of a Student Performance rating scale.

For more comprehensive information, also see: Monitoring Student Engagement, Tolerance and Program Participation (BBTIPC). Additionally, you may find the The Green Zone Parent Reference useful.

Direct pdf download: Teacher Guidelines for Providing Parent Feedback on Student Performance

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Guidelines for Using the Coupon Program

K. Plummer Site — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 17:51:32 +0000

Prior to going into more detail about the Coupon Program it is important to understand the role of student comprehension of behavioral expectations. A break down in social understanding is a significant contributor to emotional and behavioral problems in school, so comprehension must be a critical ingredient in any behavior intervention effort. Just naming the behavior and putting it on a chart is not enough to ensure student comprehension. What is in the teacher’s mind is not always what is in the student’s mind… Direct Download: Coupon Program Guidelines

Comprehension Guides Directory
Using Classroom Routines to Create a Therapeutic Brain Settling Effect
Important Things to Remember about Routines
Guidelines for Using Routines
Social Emotional Learning Routines

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The Green Zone – A Recognition-Based Program

K. Plummer Site — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 14:09:02 +0000

Green Zone Cover Graphic. Click for full-sized JPG to print

Check charts are probably the most familiar behavior management tool to school staff and parents. In response to disruptive behavior, poor work habits, lack of independence and responsibility, inattentiveness, failure to follow the rules, social violations, and many other common childhood problems, teachers and parents have been told to set up a chart…

Direct document link: Green Zone

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Video: Supporting Trauma-impacted Students in the Classroom

K. Plummer Site — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:19:13 +0000

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: Guide to Materials for more information, articles and guides.

This slide presentation is also available as a pdf: Supporting Trauma-Impacted Students- Slideshow

Primary Article

Helping Trauma-impacted Students in School

Additional Materials

Causes of Trauma in Children
Childhood Protective Factors
Classroom Circumstances That Impact
Impact of Trauma at School
Definition of “Trauma Supportive” at School

The Majestic Monkhood: Treatment of the Delicate and the Sensitive

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Fostering Resilience in Children

K. Plummer Site — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:37:26 +0000

Welcome to this series on fostering resilience in children—the role of the family. In this series, you will have a chance to understand how a compassionate family community can help children manage stress by strengthening their stress-recovery-system.

Everyone has stress. Some people have a lot of stress. The size of the stress is not the concern. The concern is with a lack of recovery from stress episodes. Just a persistent worry, for example, can activate a stress response, and that can come way before the stressor even occurs. The most important thing, then, is to focus on how often and how quickly we can recover from a stress response. That’s what resilience is all about, getting the body to reset itself after a stress response and helping it stay longer in a settled state.

Part One: The Nature of Resilience
Part Two: The Family as a Compassionate Community
Part Three: Attunement and Empathic Listening
Part Four: Gratitude, Appreciation, and Positive Actions
Video: Fostering Resilience in Children: The Role of Family

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Circumstances in the Classroom That Can Adversely Affect Children Who Have Been Impacted by Trauma

K. Plummer Site — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 17:39:34 +0000

Children who have been impacted by trauma have brains and bodies that are primed to react quickly —to feel threatened—even in experiences that appear benign. New experiences, new encounters, new relationships are easily contaminated by the trauma of the past. Below are some school and classroom circumstances that are more likely to trigger a trauma response from students who have been impacted by trauma…

Please also see our guide to materials on this topic.

Direct link: Classroom Circumstances That Impact

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