A restorative break can be used to help children who are perseverating on or “stuck” on a particular problem and it can be used to cope with a generalized rising …
Plan B
Stabilizing a Difficult Day This is a program option to consider when you feel students are seriously compromised in their capacity to function in their typical …
Daily Review Program
Daily Review Introduction There are several reasons why parents want to conduct informative discussions with their children when their children return home after a …
The Relationship Between Mood, Memory, Perception and Behavior
Basic behavior management programs attempt to understand and change behavior by using an ABC (antecedent, behavior, consequence) system of analysis. With that system, …
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Self-Study: Creating a Supportive Learning Community
It is important to provide a caring and supportive classroom community so that students can become confident, capable, motivated learners. A safe, supportive, and …
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Understanding Stress: The Relationship Between Mind, Body, and Behavior
Stress is not always a bad thing (though most of this article will be devoted to the adverse effects of stress). We cannot learn something new without experiencing …
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Perception Management to Promote Better Decision Making
Memory is based on perception of what happened, not what actually happened. We want to help students solve the problems right in front of them, current problems in …
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Rating Guidelines and Forms
Students with mood regulation problems are extremely reactive, fragile, easily overwhelmed by stress. They are bothered by noise and confusion, they are easily …
Motivation Management – Student Motivation as an Academic Enabler for School Success
Most people in education have long known that student academic competence requires more than academic skill proficiency. To benefit fully from the academic experience, …
Mood Management
Students with mood regulation problems are often irritable, they have low frustration tolerance and anger control problems, they can be stubborn, rigid, defiant and …
Anger Management
Poor anger management is associated with many psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence, including; Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Conduct Disorder …