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Establishing Proficiency with Restorative Breaks

K. Plummer Site — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 17:04:22 +0000

Restorative breaks are used to help children cope with a generalized rising stress level or mood-dysregulated state. Breaks are a positive and constructive part of a coping plan and they are integral to any high quality therapeutic program.

This article is a supplement to all the restorative breaks articles that can be found on this website. Those articles explain the purpose of breaks, the different types of breaks, and the types of activities that students engage in to take restorative breaks. This article provides a checklist that you can use to measure break proficiency, to determine if your restore program is operating at a high enough level of sophistication.
Please also see: Stress Feedback: Getting to Calm and Settled

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Restorative Breaks

K. Plummer Site — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 07:01:24 +0000

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…

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Leisure Break

Kevin Plummer, PhD — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 14:31:58 +0000

Independent Down Time—Leisure Skill Development

Students need things to do when they are done with an activity but the schedule is not ready to change. Many problems occur while students are waiting, when they are not engaged in activity. All students need their own “independent leisure” bin with preferred activities that can be used independently while waiting for the next activity.

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