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]]> Almost anyone can learn the methods associated with the Brain Based Therapeutic Intervention Program for Children (BBTIPC), but what people underestimate is how much stamina, self-regulation, self-care and self-control it takes to stay therapeutic throughout the day, especially in the presence of severe emotional reactivity and ongoing trauma in children. The program requires staff—all at once— to be present, engaged, authentic, mindful, and reflective; to choose words wisely…

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Compassion Fatigue: Educator and Clinician Resilience Guide (primary)
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Signs and Symptoms of Compassion Fatigue
Risk Factors for Compassion Fatigue
Minimizing Compassion Fatigue
Options for Creating a Resilience Plan: From Protect to Revitalize
Signs of Work Engagement and Compassion Satisfaction

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]]> Minimizing Compassion Fatigue https://kevinplummerphd.com/minimizing-compassion-fatigue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=minimizing-compassion-fatigue Thu, 22 Aug 2019 12:55:29 +0000 https://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=2473 Strengths and Protective Factors for Minimizing Compassion Fatigue Compassion fatigue is a stress condition with stress responses falling into two broad categories, burnout and secondary traumatic stress (STS). For a thorough review of compassion fatigue, see Compassion Fatigue With Staff in Therapeutic Programs. Everyone who works with trauma-impacted children is vulnerable… Related Articles  Compassion Fatigue: […]

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]]> Strengths and Protective Factors for Minimizing Compassion Fatigue

Compassion fatigue is a stress condition with stress responses falling into two broad categories, burnout and secondary traumatic stress (STS). For a thorough review of compassion fatigue, see Compassion Fatigue With Staff in Therapeutic Programs. Everyone who works with trauma-impacted children is vulnerable…

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Compassion Fatigue: Educator and Clinician Resilience Guide (primary)
Compassion Fatigue and Resilience With Staff in Therapeutic Program

Signs and Symptoms of Compassion Fatigue
Risk Factors for Compassion Fatigue
Minimizing Compassion Fatigue (this page)
Options for Creating a Resilience Plan: From Protect to Revitalize
Signs of Work Engagement and Compassion Satisfaction

Direct pdf download

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]]> Staff Assessment of Team Effectiveness: The Level of Community Within Your Therapeutic Team https://kevinplummerphd.com/staff-assessment-of-team-effectiveness-the-level-of-community-within-your-therapeutic-team/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=staff-assessment-of-team-effectiveness-the-level-of-community-within-your-therapeutic-team Sat, 04 Aug 2018 14:00:20 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=1787 Additional credit: Gabriel Plummer, for contributions to the development of the Staff Assessment of Team Functioning Rating Scale. This form helps you to evaluate your team’s effectiveness and level of community. The rating scales include frequency of occurrence of team behaviors and attitudes within a classroom program. This is not a form to rate individual […]

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]]> Additional credit: Gabriel Plummer, for contributions to the development of the Staff Assessment of Team Functioning Rating Scale.

This form helps you to evaluate your team’s effectiveness and level of community. The rating scales include frequency of occurrence of team behaviors and attitudes within a classroom program. This is not a form to rate individual team members, but to view and assess the team as a whole.

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]]> Developing Proficiency With BBTIPC https://kevinplummerphd.com/developing-proficiency-with-the-bbtipc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=developing-proficiency-with-the-bbtipc Sat, 04 Aug 2018 13:56:16 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=1782 The BBTIPC Proficiency Scale The BBTIPC Proficiency Scale is used to measure staff competency within and across all fourteen elements and complementary areas. Effective intervention teams will have people with a broad range of expertise across several of these areas. The proficiency scale is used to show who has expertise in specific areas, where proficiency […]

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]]> The BBTIPC Proficiency Scale

The BBTIPC Proficiency Scale is used to measure staff competency within and across all fourteen elements and complementary areas. Effective intervention teams will have people with a broad range of expertise across several of these areas. The proficiency scale is used to show who has expertise in specific areas, where proficiency within the team could use more growth, and it can also be used to measure changes in proficiency within and across teams following proficiency development efforts. For more on proficiency development, see the section later in this document, BBTIPC Proficiency Development: Learning Experiences and Activities. 

Please also see: The Level of Community Within Your Therapeutic Team

Additional credit: Elizabeth Dubois, for contributions to the BBTIPC Proficiency Scale.

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]]> Teacher’s Pledge https://kevinplummerphd.com/teachers-pledge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=teachers-pledge Wed, 01 Aug 2018 16:10:04 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=1669 The post Teacher’s Pledge appeared first on Kevin Plummer, PhD.

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Below is an example of a teacher’s pledge that conveys the therapeutic relationship. You can add your own proclamations and display it as a poster or put up each element of the pledge around the classroom. It is also recommended that the staff occasionally use the wording on the pledge in a scripted way to mark an important moment, so that the students can feel and internalize the words.

In this class. . .
You are cared for
You are helped when you need it
You are listened to with patience
You are understood…

 

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]]> Settling Routines https://kevinplummerphd.com/settling-routines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=settling-routines Sat, 20 Aug 2016 10:01:15 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=263 Settling beaks are used when children need to regroup after becoming more highly agitated, or in reaction to the student’s inability to restore tolerance and self-control when specific positive behavior supports and restorative breaks have been unsuccessful.

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]]> Settling breaks are used when children need to regroup after becoming more highly agitated, or in reaction to the student’s inability to restore tolerance and self-control when specific positive behavior supports and restorative breaks have been unsuccessful…

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]]> Daily School To Home Report: ADHD Program Guidelines And Daily Chart https://kevinplummerphd.com/adhd-daily-report-school-to-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adhd-daily-report-school-to-home Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:41:32 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=576 Sometimes it is important to provide a daily report of progress for use at home. This is helpful for medication management, for example. Often, to arrive at the optimal medication type and dosage, a great deal of experimentation and adjustment is required. It is customary for the physician to set up a series of drug trials and make adjustments based on the child’s behavioral response...

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]]> Sometimes it is important to provide a daily report of progress for use at home. This is helpful for medication management, for example. Often, to arrive at the optimal medication type and dosage, a great deal of experimentation and adjustment is required. It is customary for the physician to set up a series of drug trials and make adjustments based on the child’s behavioral response…

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]]> Shaping Student Identity – Program Monitoring https://kevinplummerphd.com/shaping-student-identity-program-monitoring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shaping-student-identity-program-monitoring Mon, 15 Aug 2016 15:10:42 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=355 The way we choose to respond to students can further develop a positive identity, undermine a positive identity, further develop a negative identity, or change a negative identity into a positive one.

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]]> Students arrive at school at a young age with their identity already clearly formed. However, the school years have a tremendous impact on further shaping of identity. The way we choose to respond to students can further develop a positive identity, undermine a positive identity, further develop a negative identity, or change a negative identity into a positive one…

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]]> Hierarchy of Student Needs in the Classroom – Program Monitoring https://kevinplummerphd.com/hierarchy-of-student-needs-in-the-classroom-program-monitoring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hierarchy-of-student-needs-in-the-classroom-program-monitoring Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:55:36 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=349 Every student in the classroom has a profile indicating their pattern of unmet needs. All staff in the classroom are aware of the student need profiles. Every student in the classroom has a profile indicating their pattern of defensive reactions and the likely triggers.

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]]> Every student in the classroom has a profile indicating their pattern of unmet needs. All staff in the classroom are aware of the student need profiles. Every student in the classroom has a profile indicating their pattern of defensive reactions and the likely triggers…

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]]> Reset Break https://kevinplummerphd.com/reset-break/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reset-break Sun, 14 Aug 2016 16:39:22 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=256 Students with ADHD, ASD, PTSD, Anxiety, mood disorder and other conditions often find their tolerance for school work diminishing more rapidly than it does for the typical student. Some days it diminishes more quickly than other days.

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]]> Students with ADHD, ASD, PTSD, Anxiety, mood disorder and other conditions often find their tolerance for school work diminishing more rapidly than it does for the typical student. Some days it diminishes more quickly than other days…

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]]> ADHD Program Recommendations – General Guidelines https://kevinplummerphd.com/adhd-program-recommendations-general-guidelines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adhd-program-recommendations-general-guidelines Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:22:42 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=564 The ADHD child’s tolerance for school work diminishes quickly on some days. They get tired, frustrated, and overwhelmed by how much they have to do, they lose their concentration, and then stop working...

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]]> The ADHD child’s tolerance for school work diminishes quickly on some days. They get tired, frustrated, and overwhelmed by how much they have to do, they lose their concentration, and then stop working…

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