attunement Archives - Kevin Plummer, PhD https://kevinplummerphd.com/tag/attunement/ School Clinical & Consulting Services Thu, 12 May 2022 22:59:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kevinplummerphd.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-KP-SCCS-900-1-75x75.png attunement Archives - Kevin Plummer, PhD https://kevinplummerphd.com/tag/attunement/ 32 32 Fostering Resilience in Children https://kevinplummerphd.com/fostering-resilience-in-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fostering-resilience-in-children Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:37:26 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=3125 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 […]

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]]> 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
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]]> Engagement-Relationship https://kevinplummerphd.com/engagement-relationship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=engagement-relationship Mon, 05 Sep 2016 10:29:40 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=1156 Engagement-Relationship:  Guide to Articles    Establishing Relationships with Students Attunement Communication for Better Classroom Management

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Establishing Relationships with Students

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Communication for Better Classroom Management

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]]> Level of Tolerance For And Engagement in Program Activities https://kevinplummerphd.com/level-of-tolerance-for-and-engagement-in-program-activities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=level-of-tolerance-for-and-engagement-in-program-activities Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:30:49 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=759 Examples of student engagement: correctly responds to questions and requests and follows directions takes a turn, completes a step, ignores nearby distractions, requests assistance, points to or shows the teacher something...

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]]> Examples of student engagement: correctly responds to questions and requests and follows directions takes a turn, completes a step, ignores nearby distractions, requests assistance, points to or shows the teacher something…

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]]> Attunement and Engagement https://kevinplummerphd.com/attunement-and-engagement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attunement-and-engagement Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:12:00 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=144 It is easy to become distracted or preoccupied while teaching or assisting in a therapeutic classroom. However, being present and aware, being attuned to the student and the situation lowers student distress.

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]]> It is easy to become distracted or preoccupied while teaching or assisting in a therapeutic classroom. However, being present and aware, being attuned to the student and the situation lowers student distress. Maintaining a teacher-student connection in a therapeutic classroom depends on a level of focused attention that convinces the student that you have nothing else to do and nothing else to think about right now except what is right in front of you…

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