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Fostering Resilience in Children

K. Plummer Site — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 18:37:26 +0000

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
Video: Fostering Resilience in Children: The Role of Family

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Impulsive Responding Program – Directions

K. Plummer Site — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:58:55 +0000

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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Impulsive Responding Coupons

K. Plummer Site — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:46:50 +0000

Printable coupons for use in the Impulsive Responding Program.

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Impulsive Responding Story – A Comprehension Guide

K. Plummer Site — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:40:25 +0000

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…

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Therapeutic Communication

K. Plummer Site — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:00:27 +0000

Build positive relationships and increase student motivation.

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…

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Therapeutic Communication Checklist

K. Plummer Site — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 15:54:52 +0000

Use this tool to evaluate the level of therapeutic communication in the classroom and to set goals for increasing proficiency. Classroom staff should rate the team or classroom program as a whole. In addition to providing a numerical rating in each category, it may also be helpful to put a mark next to any items you think need more focus…

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Important Things to Remember About Therapeutic Communication

K. Plummer Site — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 15:45:13 +0000

This article is a summary of therapeutic communication recommendations. For any questions about specific recommendations and a thorough explanation, rationale and purpose behind these recommendations, see the full article Therapeutic Communication

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Words To Reframe Irrational and Self-Destructive Thinking

K. Plummer Site — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:56:55 +0000

Words and voice tone influence thoughts, emotions and behavior. Cognitive behavior therapy, for example, helps patients feel better and act in healthier ways by getting them to restate their irrational remarks as healthier statements (an over simplification and just part of the first step). Here is an example of how an irrational thought process can impact emotion and behavior and how cognitive behavior therapy might reframe it in a healthier form.

Good Fit Program

K. Plummer Site — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:28:08 +0000

In all cases of the good fit program, you are using the student’s motivation to work harder to make things a good fit, and to accept responsibility when the activity or situation is no longer a choice (rather than the student placing blame externally). Also, “good fit” enables students to experience another chance at reward activities, but it is another chance with growth potential, a chance to do it differently, a chance to learn a new way to be successful with the activity or situation.

Good Fit Visual Chart (only) Below:

Being a Good Sport – Comprehension Guide Below:

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Daily Review Program

K. Plummer Site — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 16:34:10 +0000

Daily Review Introduction

There are several reasons why parents want to conduct informative discussions with their children when their children return home after a full day at school. Sometimes students arrive home in a bad mood and parents want to find out why. Sometimes students are upset and they want the understanding and support of parents who are willing to listen. Other times students have had a history of school difficulty and parents want to keep up with how things are going.

You may also wish to utilize form Daily Review II

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Management Of Oppositional Defiant Behavior Intervention Protocol

K. Plummer Site — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 15:46:16 +0000

Avoid Power Struggles And Coercive Approaches

Parents and teachers find it difficult to forge a positive relationship with these children, it is exhausting to deal with the constant power struggles and it is easy to get locked into negative exchanges that escalate into serious conflict. The matter is further complicated when parental or teacher authority is challenged in front of other children. Often, what starts as a refusal to cooperate, ends with raised voices and verbal threats from both sides (“You will do this, or else . . .”).

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Social Intervention In The Classroom For Students With ASD

K. Plummer Site — Sun, 28 Aug 2016 15:24:37 +0000

It is important to remember that the ASD child needs the culture of the classroom to support the social values and social skills that (s)he is attempting to develop. (S)he needs to see other people using these skills, and (s)he needs to see the value and relevance of these skills as they apply to life in the classroom. Specific effort will need to be made to help the ASD child notice and understand as social values are being recognized. For more information about the nature of social functioning please see Description Of Social Functioning.

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