Also see: Therapeutic Intensity Rubrics for BBTIPC

Many more forms, ratings and BBTIPC-related articles may also be found here.

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Check charts are probably the most familiar behavior management tool to school staff and parents. In response to disruptive behavior, poor work habits, lack of independence and responsibility, inattentiveness, failure to follow the rules, social violations, and many other common childhood problems, teachers and parents have been told to set up a chart…

See Also:
The Green Zone: Basic Guidelines and Reminders for Staff
The Green Zone: Quick Guidelines 
The Green Zone: Performance Rating
For Parents: Understanding the Daily Green Zone Ratings
Why Visual?

Direct document link: Green Zone

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We must give serious thought to the stress and the emotional impact that working under pandemic conditions has created for educators, because they will be returning to the school buildings in the fall and the job cannot be done well by people who are worn out, burdened by stress, scarred by trauma and filled with feelings of guilt, regret and inadequacy.

The pandemic experience has already had a profound effect on educators personally, professionally and emotionally. What can we do right now…

Introduction: Prepare Yourself for Your Return to School
Teachers of the Pandemic
Reflection on the Pandemic
Understand the Adverse Impact
Mitigate the Adverse Impact
Helping Students Feel More Secure
Supporting Trauma-Impacted Students Returning to School
Pandemic Trauma in Students Returning to School Buildings

Related Reference Materials

Please also see: Supporting Our Children and Ourselves During A Stressful Time.

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This comprehensive guide (2019) includes information about:

Talk Less and Show More—Visual Support of the Verbal Message; The Language of Routine; Improving Comprehension of the Nuances of Routine with Visual Communication;  Words Reflect the Relationship; Words for Reinforcement and Effective Positive Feedback ; Words for Memory Building and Perception Management; Words Can Show You Are Attuned…

See Also: Words to Reframe Irrational and Self-destructive Thinking

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Related Articles:

• Therapeutic Communication: Build Positive Relationships and Increase Student Motivation (2019 Program Guide)
• Therapeutic Communication Checklist  
• Important Things to Remember about Therapeutic Communication

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A Comprehension Guide  please also see: Gradient of Knowing Visual Supports

Many children understand that learning something new can be a struggle at first. No one is born knowing everything they need to know and knowing how to do everything, so children expect to be shown and taught, and they expect to get a lot of support as they try to acquire skills and knowledge. They expect to stumble and to do poorly at first, but they want to try and they want to get better and they know that no one expects them to know what to do or how to do it…

Related: Gradient of Knowing Visuals

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The use of space in a brain-based therapeutic intervention program is strategic because space solves problems and prevents many problems from developing if it is used properly. The room should have a flexible configuration so private work areas can be created as needed and desks can be separated to provide more personal space when needed.  Students with therapeutic needs react in more extreme fashion to the space where they are required to learn, grow and develop. Space can trigger and challenge a student and space can alternatively soothe and support a student. 

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This list is designed as a quick reference and convenient reminder about the important points to remember concerning the therapeutic impact of routine in the classroom. Each section is in bold, so you can find the section that you need and quickly review the key points. For a thorough and detailed description of the role of routine in the classroom (particularly in a therapeutic classroom and when dealing with children who have suffered trauma) see, Using Classroom Routines to Create a Therapeutic Brain Settling Effect.
Download: Important Things to Remember About Routine

See also: Guidelines for Using Routines
Social Emotional Learning Routines
Comprehension Guides Directory

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For more specific and concrete examples of fluid reinforcement programs see the Green Zone, the Credit Program, Micro Goal Programming, Friendship Report, Values Recognition Program, and Visual Support Systems on this website as well.

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A Quick Reference for General Guidelines for The Green Zone. More information on this program can be found here.

The Green Zone is a teaching tool, a means of instruction, of clarifying standards by providing timely visual and continuous feedback on performance. The goal of the Green Zone is to teach/clarify and to reward the student for improving performance or sustaining good performance levels.

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