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Teaching during this pandemic has been an arduous challenge for so many reasons that could not have been fully anticipated, ...
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The materials below include guidelines and specific ideas about how to Support Children Who are Home due to the corona ...
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A therapeutic classroom provides children who have moderate to severe self-control and self-regulation problems (due to emotional, behavioral, social and ...
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What You Can do at Work to Increase Resilience A) Develop an active role in becoming more proficient in therapeutic ...
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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 ...
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Printable coupons for use in the Impulsive Responding Program. 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 ...
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Prior to starting the Impulsive Responding Program with a student the Impulsive Responding Guidebook should be read with the student ...
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Please also see Distress Tolerance - Guide to Materials. This scale can be used as an alternative measure of distress ...
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Worn Out can be used as an alternative to stress or frustration. Please also see Distress Tolerance - Guide to ...
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This scale can be used as an alternative measure of distress for students.  Please also see Distress Tolerance - Guide ...
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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 ...
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This is an example of a comprehension guide that is specific to a particular student. Each student's story may be ...
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Almost anyone can learn the methods associated with the Brain Based Therapeutic Intervention Program for Children (BBTIPC), but what people ...
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This narrative can be used with the Distress Tolerance program. This is an example of a feeling profile that is ...
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This visual support helps student identify behaviors that can alleviate frustration... Please also see Distress Tolerance - Guide to Materials ...
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Build positive relationships and increase student motivation. This comprehensive guide (2019) includes information about: Talk Less and Show More—Visual Support ...
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Work engagement and compassion satisfaction are protective factors in the prevention of job burnout and compassion fatigue, so we should ...
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People who work with trauma-impacted children, emotionally impacted children, and children who are highly emotionally reactive are vulnerable to the ...
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The lists within this document are not psychometric measures of risk for compassion fatigue. There is no way to derive ...
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Strengths and Protective Factors for Minimizing Compassion Fatigue Compassion fatigue is a stress condition with stress responses falling into two ...
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The initial goal of the therapeutic program is to increase student engagement and productivity over the course of the school ...
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Comprehension Guide : Learning Something New  •  please also see: Gradient of Knowing Program Direct pdf download: Gradient of Knowing ...
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Distress From Not Knowing Enough: The Gradient of Knowing Program A Comprehension Guide  please also see: Gradient of Knowing Visual ...
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The safe room is the last stage of de-escalation, and only implemented because the student cannot be kept safe by ...
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Comprehension guides support children when comprehension breakdown is a significant contributor to their emotional and behavioral problems in the classroom ...
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Use this tool to evaluate the level of therapeutic communication in the classroom and to set goals for increasing proficiency ...
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This article is a summary of therapeutic communication recommendations. For any questions about specific recommendations and a thorough explanation, rationale ...
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Today I celebrate you by telling you that 28 years ago, on the day you were born, my life became ...
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Happy 27th birthday Gabe. I celebrate your love of people and your love of games and life. I celebrate your ...
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Sometimes every second matters. This is what just happened in 3 seconds. On my way home from work today an ...
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Asking for permission while in school is difficult for many students to understand. Some students are impulsive and they might ...
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Closing the Comprehension Gap Many children have difficulty processing social situations. Children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder have known difficulties ...
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This document is intended as a guide for teachers, so they can help parents make the transition from anecdotal notes ...
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The Clearing up Confusion Routine is a step-by-step outline of the problem-solving process described in the main article, Social Comprehension ...
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Please also see:  Distress Tolerance: Guide to Materials Everyone likes to follow their regular routine. It makes the day easier ...
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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 ...
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Please see all Warming up/Staying Neutral downloads below this article. Prior to beginning this program, read Staying Neutral, A Warm ...
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Sometimes teachers will tell students that they must do something. They might say, "It's time to come back to the ...
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Group Listening, Looking and Thinking direct pdf download ...
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Many students have trouble tolerating frustration and managing stress. They react in extreme ways to what others might consider minor ...
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The following are visual guides to help students understand nuances of how to successfully work in a group. Working in ...
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Creating Comprehension Guides "embedded within some school routines are situations that are not as intuitive to some young students" Students ...
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A Student Performance Rating Scale The Brain-Based Therapeutic Intervention Program for Children This comprehensive rating form can be used to ...
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Observations by clinical, consultation or coordination staff, OR input, questions and concerns, request for consultation by classroom staff process chart ...
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(For Comprehension Guides and Other Visual Feedback Programs) Students who lack an understanding of the subtleties of routines will struggle ...
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Visual Support for Comprehension Guides Please also see: Visual Feedback Systems—Program Guidelines direct pdf download Read more about Visual Feedback ...
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Please also see: Visual Feedback System Program Guidelines direct pdf download Read more about Visual Feedback Systems: Visual Feedback System ...
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Visual Support for Comprehension Guide   Please also see: Visual Feedback System – Program Guidelines direct pdf download Read more ...
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Please also see: Visual Feedback Systems—Program Guidelines direct pdf download Read more about Visual Feedback Systems: Visual Feedback System – ...
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Please also see Visual Feedback Systems —Program Guidelines The On Track Program is a visual feedback program that provides continuous ...
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Transition Programming The school day is full of interruption, change and transition for students. Students frequently shift from listening to ...
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Creating and Using Visual Supports for Flexible, Nonlinear Routines Language programs like Fundations can challenge academic stamina, but because it ...
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Some students develop prompt dependence. They are accustomed to being told what to do and waiting for that prompt, even ...
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Words and voice tone influence thoughts, emotions and behavior. Cognitive behavior therapy, for example, helps patients feel better and act ...
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Soft skills are a combination of social skills, work habits, communication skills, character traits, and attitudes that enable people (and ...
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This set of guidelines is organized into two major sections. The first section is a listing of dozens of supportive ...
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We all believe we're providing meaningful learning experiences for students, but if we don't have a clear understanding of the ...
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The following is a list of materials to understand and support trauma-impacted students in the classroom. The primary objective in ...
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Children who have been impacted by trauma have brains and bodies that are primed to react quickly —to feel threatened—even ...
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Definitions of "Trauma Informed" at School including descriptions of "Trauma Sensitive" and "Trauma Supportive" school environments. Direct link: Trauma Informed ...
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Think time is a form of time out, where the primary objective is to have students engage in a self-control ...
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A chart for students:  I Can Become Safe and Settled Please see other safe room articles here. direct link: Safe ...
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When students are convinced that teachers genuinely care about them and believe in them as individuals, students believe in and ...
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Structured breaks are used to restore a productive mood. They are used to restore diminished tolerance and to provide relief ...
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Students in therapeutic programs are frequently in various stages of de-escalation, because they experience high levels of mood variability and ...
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Break, Think Time, Safe Room Flow Chart This is a flow cart that supports teachers in determining how and when ...
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Treatment Approach:   The School Clinical & Consulting Services (SCCS) treatment approach for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is eclectic. It is ...
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Additional credit: Gabriel Plummer, for contributions to the development of the Staff Assessment of Team Functioning Rating Scale. This form ...
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The BBTIPC Proficiency Scale The BBTIPC Proficiency Scale is used to measure staff competency within and across all fourteen elements ...
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General Articles The ADHD Student: Anecdotal Description ADHD Program Recommendations: General Guidelines ADHD Problem List: Setting Program Intervention Priorities Daily ...
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Slender and statuesque, stretching for the sky on delicate swaying stems, this majestic—albeit anorexic—monkshood bears little similarity to the "mighty ...
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A Compassion Meditation for Therapeutic Staff May you be thoughtful, patient, generous and supportive. May you inspire hope; may you ...
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Below is an example of a teacher's pledge that conveys the therapeutic relationship. You can add your own proclamations and ...
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This is a one page rating form that focuses on observational measures such as body language, response to directions, routines, ...
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For Frequent Ratings in One Day - Rating Form The Brain-Based Therapeutic Intervention Program for Children *For a description of ...
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For Frequent Ratings in One Day: Combined Measures The Brain-Based Therapeutic Intervention Program for Children *For a description of all ...
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Form For Frequent Ratings in One Day The Brain-Based Therapeutic Intervention Program for Children. More information on the Green Zone ...
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Strategies for Organization and Stress for ASD Students: The Daily Review Form for Students: Version 2. Also see:  Daily Review ...
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