frustration Archives - Kevin Plummer, PhD https://kevinplummerphd.com/tag/frustration/ School Clinical & Consulting Services Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:47:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kevinplummerphd.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-KP-SCCS-900-1-75x75.png frustration Archives - Kevin Plummer, PhD https://kevinplummerphd.com/tag/frustration/ 32 32 Upset Rating Scale https://kevinplummerphd.com/upset-rating-scale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=upset-rating-scale Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:49:25 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2532 This scale can be used as an alternative measure of distress for students.  Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials.  direct download: Upset Scale

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]]> This scale can be used as an alternative measure of distress for students.  Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials. 

direct download: Upset Scale

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]]> Distress Support Plan https://kevinplummerphd.com/distress-support-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=distress-support-plan Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:48:23 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2514 The Distress Support Plan is a visual guide what a student can do, and/or what a teacher can do to ameliorate distress. Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials. direct pdf download Related Article: Why Visual? 

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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 ameliorate distress.

Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials.

direct pdf download

Related Article: Why Visual? 

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]]> Stressed and Frustrated Story – A Comprehension Guide https://kevinplummerphd.com/stressed-and-frustrated-story-a-comprehension-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stressed-and-frustrated-story-a-comprehension-guide Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:43:16 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2527 This is an example of a comprehension guide that is specific to a particular student. Each student’s story may be different, depending on the causes of frustration/stress and the presentation of the stress and frustration. You can use this story as a model for individualizing a comprehension guide for your own students… Please also see […]

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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 different, depending on the causes of frustration/stress and the presentation of the stress and frustration. You can use this story as a model for individualizing a comprehension guide for your own students…

Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials.

direct pdf download

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]]> Frustration Fingerprint II – Narrative https://kevinplummerphd.com/frustration-fingerprint-ii-narrative/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=frustration-fingerprint-ii-narrative Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:22:16 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2518 This narrative can be used with the Distress Tolerance program. 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. direct pdf download […]

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]]> This narrative can be used with the Distress Tolerance program.

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.

direct pdf download

Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials.

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]]> Frustration Strategies III https://kevinplummerphd.com/frustration-strategies-iii/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=frustration-strategies-iii Mon, 26 Aug 2019 05:34:55 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2521 This visual support helps student identify behaviors that can alleviate frustration… Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials. direct pdf download

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]]> This visual support helps student identify behaviors that can alleviate frustration…

Please also see Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials.

direct pdf download

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]]> Distress Tolerance – Guide to Materials https://kevinplummerphd.com/distress-tolerance-guide-to-materials/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=distress-tolerance-guide-to-materials Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:42:32 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=1914 Many students have trouble tolerating frustration and managing stress. They react in extreme ways to what others might consider minor or typical challenges. For these students, the day is difficult because it is full of exaggerated obstacles, challenges that other students don’t experience because they handle those situations with more ease. Once students develop greater […]

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]]> Many students have trouble tolerating frustration and managing stress. They react in extreme ways to what others might consider minor or typical challenges. For these students, the day is difficult because it is full of exaggerated obstacles, challenges that other students don’t experience because they handle those situations with more ease.

Once students develop greater distress tolerance (more able to continue working while experiencing feelings of discomfort), they become more successful in those challenging situations and those situations eventually trigger much less distress…

Additional Credit: Caitlin Bellavance for development of some of the materials in this section.

Developing Distress Tolerance (primary article)
Please see also:
Distress Scale (visual chart)
Frustration/Stress Story (comprehension guide)
Frustration Fingerprint (visual chart)
Frustration Fingerprint II (narrative)
Frustration Strategies (visual chart)
Frustration Strategies II (visual chart)
Frustration Strategies III (visual chart)
Visual Task Schedule (visual chart)
Making an Adjustment (comprehension guide)
Try Hard Program – Visual Feedback
Distress Support Plan
Upset Scale
Worn Out Fingerprint
Worn Out Rating Scale

 

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