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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This adult-facilitated worksheet is used with students who experience frequent misperceptions in social situations, leading to escalating behavior and the development of false memories and negative narratives. This worksheet is designed to accomplish two goals: 1) clarify what really happened, leading to a more successful problem resolution and 2) incrementally improve social perception skills for application in real time. The adult who facilitates this worksheet process is most effective if they’ve witnessed what happened or they are able to get a full account from others. Download: Social Detecting Worksheet
Also see: Social Comprehension Breakdown  and Clearing up Confusion

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Many children have difficulty processing social situations. Children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder have known difficulties figuring out what is happening in social situations.  Children with variations of anxiety or depression or other mood disorders frequently misperceive and misunderstand because their mood distorts their perception and triggers their memory (and the reverse is true) and this changes how they view what is happening in real time (https://kevinplummerphd.com/the-relationship-between-mood-memory-perception-andbehavior/). While so many emotional disorders of childhood can contribute to social processing problems, this summary will focus on children with ASD…

See also: Social Detecting Worksheet and Clearing up Confusion

Direct download: Closing the Comprehension Gap

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

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Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials.

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Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials.

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This is an example of a feeling profile that is specific to a particular student. Each student’s profile or presentation of frustration may be different. You can use this “fingerprint” as a model for individualizing a frustration fingerprint for your own students.

Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials.

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direct pdf link: Clearing up Confusion Program Directions

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