Visual Self-Management Archives - Kevin Plummer, PhD https://kevinplummerphd.com/category/visual-self-management/ School Clinical & Consulting Services Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:19:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kevinplummerphd.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-KP-SCCS-900-1-75x75.png Visual Self-Management Archives - Kevin Plummer, PhD https://kevinplummerphd.com/category/visual-self-management/ 32 32 Comprehension Guides – Topic Directory https://kevinplummerphd.com/comprehension-guides-directory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comprehension-guides-directory Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:02:34 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2343 Comprehension guides support children when comprehension breakdown is a significant contributor to their emotional and behavioral problems in the classroom. Behavior intervention programs are frequently limited in their success, because they do not adequately address student understanding of what is expected and what to expect. This is especially the case with students who have trouble […]

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]]> Comprehension guides support children when comprehension breakdown is a significant contributor to their emotional and behavioral problems in the classroom. Behavior intervention programs are frequently limited in their success, because they do not adequately address student understanding of what is expected and what to expect. This is especially the case with students who have trouble discerning the nuances of routines and situations.

Comprehension guides provide detailed and visually supported guidelines to illustrate what is expected and why. They help students understand the nuances of classroom routines and they increase the precision of behavior intervention programs.

» Improving Comprehension of the Nuances of Routine

Related Materials about Routines:

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

» Working in a Group: Comprehension Materials
» Whole Class Instruction Comprehension Guide
» Warm up/ Staying Neutral Program: Directions
» Teacher Decisions: Comprehension Guide
» Taking a Break: Comprehension Guide
» Making an Adjustment: Comprehension Guide
» Clearing up Confusion: Comprehension Guide
» Good Sportsmanship and Self-Control in Competitive Games: Comprehension Guide
» Being a Good Sport: Comprehension Guide
» Blurting Out The Answer: Comprehension Guide

Please also see the Distress Tolerance Program – Guide to Materials, which includes a number of comprehension guides designed to support students in alleviating stress, frustration and feelings of being “worn out.”

 

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]]> Why Visual? https://kevinplummerphd.com/why-visual/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-visual Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:40 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=3432 This is a question that is asked frequently when behavior intervention leans heavily on a visual component. Why are we emphasizing the use of visual supports, even for students who understand spoken language? Therapeutic intervention for emotionally, behaviorally, or developmentally impacted children should rely heavily on visual communication for several key reasons including; increased sense […]

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]]> This is a question that is asked frequently when behavior intervention leans heavily on a visual component. Why are we emphasizing the use of visual supports, even for students who understand spoken language? Therapeutic intervention for emotionally, behaviorally, or developmentally impacted children should rely heavily on visual communication for several key reasons including; increased sense of stability, activated reward centers, predictability and clear expectations, and a clear path toward student independence.

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For additional examples of therapeutic programming with visual support see the following:

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]]> Social Emotional Learning Routines https://kevinplummerphd.com/social-emotional-learning-routines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-emotional-learning-routines Sat, 02 Sep 2023 16:34:10 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2896 The most effective social emotional learning efforts are the ones that happen in real time in the classroom (more so than the ones that are taught as lessons to the class). Use these routines to help students learn about and apply skills in common classroom situations—in real time— or when emotion rises to a high […]

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]]> The most effective social emotional learning efforts are the ones that happen in real time in the classroom (more so than the ones that are taught as lessons to the class). Use these routines to help students learn about and apply skills in common classroom situations—in real time— or when emotion rises to a high level and it is best to reset the situation before moving on. The resetting process is a reminder process and a way for students to return to an established skill set and established way of doing things in the classroom.

Reset Routines Below:
Reset for Patience   •  Reset for Neatness
Reset for Listening  •  Reset for Kind and Polite
Reset for Calm and Settled   •  Reset for Focus
Repairing a Communication Breakdown

Please also see:
Social Emotional Learning: Soft Skills for School and Life
Soft Skills Proficiency Criteria
Soft Skills Programming

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

Reset for Patience
Patience is a very important life skill and it is consistently embedded in social emotional learning efforts in schools.

Download Reset for Patience

Reset for Neatness
Use this routine spontaneously throughout the day (when the area becomes messy or disorganized or too chaotic) to settle and ground the students with a task of organization that also improves their surroundings.

Download Reset for Neatness

Reset for Listening
Use this routine spontaneously throughout the day when you find that students have become too relaxed about their learning habits and they need repeated reminders to use their listening skills.

Download Reset for Listening

Reset for Kind and Polite
Establish the culture in the classroom that prioritizes and values being kind and polite. For this culture to be established, it is essential that teachers practice it and model it themselves.

Download Reset for Kind and Polite

Reset for Calm and Settled
This routine should be led and modeled by the teacher. Watching an adult follow the routine will help to activate the students’ mirror neuron network to assist in bringing about the feeling of calm (provided that the teacher is actually achieving a calm state).

Download: Reset for Calm and Settled

Reset for Focus
Use this routine when the class is under responsive to repeated reminders to stay on track, or
when the students are too easily distracted by extraneous and unimportant activity.

Download: Reset for Focus

Repairing a Communication Breakdown
Use this routine to help students who get frustrated with explaining or asking for help or become agitated and sometimes jump to the wrong conclusion with teacher explanations.

Download: Repairing a Communication Breakdown

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]]> Settled Scales https://kevinplummerphd.com/settled-scales/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=settled-scales Sun, 16 Jul 2023 20:22:42 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2963 Use any of these scales, together with the Calm and Settled Visual in the section on Taking a Break Comprehension Guide to help students determine if they are settled enough to leave their restorative break and return to class to become productive. You may also find the continuous feedback form Stress Feedback: Getting Back to […]

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]]> Use any of these scales, together with the Calm and Settled Visual in the section on Taking a Break Comprehension Guide to help students determine if they are settled enough to leave their restorative break and return to class to become productive. You may also find the continuous feedback form Stress Feedback: Getting Back to Calm and Settled helpful.

Download Settled Scales

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]]> Taking a Break: Comprehension Guide https://kevinplummerphd.com/taking-a-break-comprehension-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=taking-a-break-comprehension-guide Sat, 15 Jul 2023 15:54:22 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2308 This comprehension guide is intended to improve student comprehension of restorative breaks (https://kevinplummerphd.com/restorative-breaks/). See Improving Comprehension of the Nuances of Routines and Social Comprehension Breakdown for further explanation of the social comprehension problems that students experience in  learning new routines… Related Articles Taking a Break Book (Comprehension Guide) Taking a Break Story Calm and Settled […]

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]]> This comprehension guide is intended to improve student comprehension of restorative breaks (https://kevinplummerphd.com/restorative-breaks/). See Improving Comprehension of the Nuances of Routines and Social Comprehension Breakdown for further explanation of the social comprehension problems that students experience in  learning new routines…

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]]> Impulsive Responding Program – Directions https://kevinplummerphd.com/impulsive-responding-program-directions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impulsive-responding-program-directions Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:58:55 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2567 This program is designed to increase greater self-control in students who are verbally impulsive. This includes behavior such as, frequent interrupting by letting thoughts turn into unsolicited comments, speaking out and sharing ideas without waiting to be called on, and asking questions without first raising a hand and getting permission. The Impulsive Responding Program is […]

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]]> This program is designed to increase greater self-control in students who are verbally impulsive. This includes behavior such as, frequent interrupting by letting thoughts turn into unsolicited comments, speaking out and sharing ideas without waiting to be called on, and asking questions without first raising a hand and getting permission.

The Impulsive Responding Program is a type of “Coupon Program”…

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Related Articles:

Impulsive Responding Program (directions)
Impulsive Responding Coupons
Impulsive Responding Book
Impulsive Responding Story

 

 

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]]> Impulsive Responding Coupons https://kevinplummerphd.com/impulsive-responding-coupons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impulsive-responding-coupons Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:46:50 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2588 Printable coupons for use in the Impulsive Responding Program. direct pdf download Related Articles: Impulsive Responding Program (directions) Impulsive Responding Coupons Impulsive Responding Book Impulsive Responding Story

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]]> Printable coupons for use in the Impulsive Responding Program.
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Impulsive Responding Program (directions)
Impulsive Responding Coupons
Impulsive Responding Book
Impulsive Responding Story

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]]> Impulsive Responding Story – A Comprehension Guide https://kevinplummerphd.com/impulsive-responding-story-a-comprehension-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impulsive-responding-story-a-comprehension-guide Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:40:25 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2581 Hold Onto Your Thoughts  Sometimes while you’re doing your work quietly at your desk and the teacher is working with other students, you get an idea or you think of something to say and you want to share it with the teacher right away… direct pdf download Related Articles: Impulsive Responding Program (directions) Impulsive Responding […]

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]]> Hold Onto Your Thoughts 

Sometimes while you’re doing your work quietly at your desk and the teacher is working with other students, you get an idea or you think of something to say and you want to share it with the teacher right away…

direct pdf download

Related Articles:

Impulsive Responding Program (directions)
Impulsive Responding Coupons
Impulsive Responding Book
Impulsive Responding Story

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]]> Impulsive Responding Book – A Comprehension Guide https://kevinplummerphd.com/impulsive-responding-book-a-comprehension-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=impulsive-responding-book-a-comprehension-guide Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:35:41 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2575 Prior to starting the Impulsive Responding Program with a student the Impulsive Responding Guidebook should be read with the student a few times. The Impulsive Responding Story has the same content, but it’s condensed… direct pdf download Related Articles: Impulsive Responding Program (directions) Impulsive Responding Coupons Impulsive Responding Book Impulsive Responding Story

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]]> Prior to starting the Impulsive Responding Program with a student the Impulsive Responding Guidebook should be read with the student a few times. The Impulsive Responding Story has the same content, but it’s condensed…

direct pdf download

Related Articles:

Impulsive Responding Program (directions)
Impulsive Responding Coupons
Impulsive Responding Book
Impulsive Responding Story

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]]> Worn Out Rating Scale https://kevinplummerphd.com/worn-out-rating-scale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worn-out-rating-scale Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:13:52 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2543 Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials. This scale can be used as an alternative measure of distress. direct pdf download

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]]> Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials.

This scale can be used as an alternative measure of distress.

direct pdf download

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]]> Worn Out Fingerprint https://kevinplummerphd.com/worn-out-fingerprint/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worn-out-fingerprint Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:54:29 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2537 Worn Out can be used as an alternative to stress or frustration. Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials. direct pdf download.

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]]> Worn Out can be used as an alternative to stress or frustration.

Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials.

direct pdf download.

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]]> Distress Support Plan https://kevinplummerphd.com/distress-support-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=distress-support-plan Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:48:23 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2514 The Distress Support Plan is a visual guide what a student can do, and/or what a teacher can do to ameliorate distress. Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials. direct pdf download Related Article: Why Visual? 

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]]> The Distress Support Plan is a visual guide what a student can do, and/or what a teacher can do to ameliorate distress.

Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials.

direct pdf download

Related Article: Why Visual? 

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