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]]> 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 stress level. ASD, ADHD, and mood dysregulated children, for example, often find their tolerance for schoolwork diminishing more rapidly than it does for the typical student…

Related Articles:  Reset Break  Settling Routine  Leisure Break  Settled Scales  Stress Feedback
Please also see:  Taking a Break Comprehension Guide (2019)

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]]> Plan B https://kevinplummerphd.com/plan-b/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=plan-b Tue, 24 Jul 2018 18:05:06 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=1394 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 therapeutic setting (e.g., due to need for meds, an illness, a lack of sleep, a significant life disruption at home, etc.). When we can’t move forward with a student, […]

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This is a program option to consider when you feel students are seriously compromised in their  capacity to function in their typical therapeutic setting (e.g., due to need for meds, an illness, a lack of sleep, a significant life disruption at home, etc.).

When we can’t move forward with a student, due to temporary circumstances, our goal is to avoid moving backward. That is the purpose of Plan B. 

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]]> Daily Review Program https://kevinplummerphd.com/daily-review-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daily-review-program Mon, 23 Jul 2018 16:34:10 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=1317 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 […]

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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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]]> The Relationship Between Mood, Memory, Perception and Behavior https://kevinplummerphd.com/the-relationship-between-mood-memory-perception-and-behavior/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-relationship-between-mood-memory-perception-and-behavior Sun, 21 Aug 2016 06:01:37 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=231 Basic behavior management programs attempt to understand and change behavior by using an ABC (antecedent, behavior, consequence) system of analysis.

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]]> Basic behavior management programs attempt to understand and change behavior by using an ABC (antecedent, behavior, consequence) system of analysis.  With that system, behavior problems are analyzed by studying the antecedents (events prior to the target behavior) and consequences (the outcome or what follows the target behavior), and then forming a hypothesis to explain how the target behavior is triggered and what consequences serve to maintain the behavior…

Related Articles:  Mood Management   The Role of Memory in Manifestation of Behavior   Perception Management   Anger Management  Important Things to Remember About Memory

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]]> Self-Study: Creating a Supportive Learning Community https://kevinplummerphd.com/self-study-creating-a-supportive-learning-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=self-study-creating-a-supportive-learning-community Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:39:55 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=343 It is important to provide a caring and supportive classroom community so that students can become confident, capable, motivated learners. A safe, supportive, and compassionate learning community meets the basic emotional needs of its students, and because the community meets these needs, the students trust in and care about the community.

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]]> It is important to provide a caring and supportive classroom community so that students can become confident, capable, motivated learners. A safe, supportive, and compassionate learning community meets the basic emotional needs of its students, and because the community meets these needs, the students trust in and care about the community…

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]]> Understanding Stress: The Relationship Between Mind, Body, and Behavior https://kevinplummerphd.com/understanding-stress-the-relationship-between-mind-body-and-behavior/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understanding-stress-the-relationship-between-mind-body-and-behavior Tue, 14 Aug 2012 17:10:53 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=271 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 stress. Stress directs our attention and prepares us to manage the problems of the day.

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]]> 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 stress. Stress directs our attention and prepares us to manage the problems of the day…

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]]> Perception Management to Promote Better Decision Making https://kevinplummerphd.com/perception-management-to-promote-better-decision-making/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=perception-management-to-promote-better-decision-making Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:17:27 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=242 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 real time, instead of solving the problem after it has been distorted, solving the problem they think they have, the problem that was manufactured from their emotional memory...

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]]> 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 real time, instead of solving the problem after it has been distorted, solving the problem they think they have, the problem that was manufactured from their emotional memory…

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]]> Rating Guidelines and Forms https://kevinplummerphd.com/rating-guidelines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rating-guidelines Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:25:54 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=298 Students with mood regulation problems are extremely reactive, fragile, easily overwhelmed by stress. They are bothered by noise and confusion, they are easily frustrated and they have poor coping skills. On many days these students enter school with a limited ability to cope with stress and throughout the day their coping resources are quite variable and easily diminished.

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]]> Students with mood regulation problems are extremely reactive, fragile, easily overwhelmed by stress. They are bothered by noise and confusion, they are easily frustrated and they have poor coping skills. On many days these students enter school with a limited ability to cope with stress and throughout the day their coping resources are quite variable and easily diminished…

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Related Rating Forms

Mood Tolerance Rating 1
Mood Tolerance Rating 2
Mood Tolerance Rating 3
 Mood Tolerance Rating 4
Mood Tolerance Rating 5

Level of Engagement
 Self-Regulation Assessment
Tolerance Rating
Rating of Adjustment

 

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]]> Motivation Management – Student Motivation as an Academic Enabler for School Success https://kevinplummerphd.com/motivation-management-student-motivation-as-an-academic-enabler-for-school-success/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=motivation-management-student-motivation-as-an-academic-enabler-for-school-success Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:58:05 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=233 Most people in education have long known that student academic competence requires more than academic skill proficiency. To benefit fully from the academic experience, students need sufficient interpersonal skills and motivation.

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]]> Most people in education have long known that student academic competence requires more than academic skill proficiency. To benefit fully from the academic experience, students need sufficient interpersonal skills and motivation…

Also see: Micro Goal Programming

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]]> Mood Management https://kevinplummerphd.com/mood-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mood-management Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:38:18 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=229 Students with mood regulation problems are often irritable, they have low frustration tolerance and anger control problems, they can be stubborn, rigid, defiant and defensive.

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]]> Students with mood regulation problems are often irritable, they have low frustration tolerance and anger control problems, they can be stubborn, rigid, defiant and defensive. They over react to minor problems, they project blame onto other people who are in the immediate vicinity, they project blame onto things that get in their way or don’t work the way they want them to…

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]]> Anger Management https://kevinplummerphd.com/anger-management/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anger-management Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:19:00 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=132 Poor ability to manage anger leads to problems with social functioning, communication, problem solving, and behavior. Long after the outburst is over, problems remain for the individuals who fail to manage their anger.

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]]> Poor anger management is associated with many psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence, including; Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Conduct Disorder (CD), Bipolar Disorder (BD), Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), just to name a few…

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