Working in education (especially in therapeutic programs) will wear you down and wear you out unless you do something about it to ensure that, instead; working in …
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Compassion Fatigue and Resilience With Staff in Therapeutic Program
Almost anyone can learn the methods associated with the Brain Based Therapeutic Intervention Program for Children (BBTIPC), but what people underestimate is how much …
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Options for Creating a Resilience Plan: From Protect to Revitalize
For information about how to use this resource and how to create a resilience plan, refer to the Compassion Fatigue Resilience Guide, including the Resilience Plan …
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Restorative Breaks
A restorative break can be used to help children who are perseverating on or “stuck” on a particular problem and it can be used to cope with a generalized rising …
Signs and Symptoms of Work Engagement and Compassion Satisfaction
Work engagement and compassion satisfaction are protective factors in the prevention of job burnout and compassion fatigue, so we should strive to achieve high levels …
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Signs and Symptoms of Compassion Fatigue
People who work with trauma-impacted children, emotionally impacted children, and children who are highly emotionally reactive are vulnerable to the development of …
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Risk Factors for Compassion Fatigue
The lists within this document are not psychometric measures of risk for compassion fatigue. There is no way to derive a score or quantifiable risk level. It is for …
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Minimizing Compassion Fatigue
Strengths and Protective Factors for Minimizing Compassion Fatigue Compassion fatigue is a stress condition with stress responses falling into two broad categories, …
IEP Goal Development For Students in the BBTIPC
The initial goal of the therapeutic program is to increase student engagement and productivity over the course of the school day. Students who are new to the program …
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Safe Room Protocol and Guidelines
The safe room is the last stage of de-escalation, and only implemented because the student cannot be kept safe by a less restrictive means. It is only used, then, when …
Supporting Students Through Transitions in the School Day
Transition Programming The school day is full of interruption, change and transition for students. Students frequently shift from listening to writing to reading to …
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Important Things to Remember About Memory
We all believe we're providing meaningful learning experiences for students, but if we don't have a clear understanding of the student's memory of the actual …
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