system Archives - Kevin Plummer, PhD https://kevinplummerphd.com/tag/system/ School Clinical & Consulting Services Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:51:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://kevinplummerphd.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-KP-SCCS-900-1-75x75.png system Archives - Kevin Plummer, PhD https://kevinplummerphd.com/tag/system/ 32 32 Soft Skills for School and Life https://kevinplummerphd.com/soft-skills-for-school-and-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soft-skills-for-school-and-life Sun, 16 Jul 2023 20:22:57 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=1456 Social Emotional Learning: Soft Skills for School and Life Soft skills are a combination of social skills, work habits, communication skills, character traits, and attitudes that enable people (and students in particular) to work well with others and manage the demands of learning and working. It is difficult to acquire the “hard skills” (e.g., learning […]

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Soft skills are a combination of social skills, work habits, communication skills, character traits, and attitudes that enable people (and students in particular) to work well with others and manage the demands of learning and working. It is difficult to acquire the “hard skills” (e.g., learning to read, write, solve equations, understand basic principles of physics, etc.) if a student hasn’t developed the soft skills to enable the process of learning new things.

Please also see:
Social Emotional Learning: Soft Skills for School and Life (this page)
Soft Skills Proficiency Criteria
Soft Skills Programming
Social Emotional Learning Routines/Reset Routines

Social Comprehension Breakdown
Social Detecting Worksheet

direct pdf download

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]]> The Green Zone – A Recognition-Based Program https://kevinplummerphd.com/the-green-zone-a-recognition-based-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-green-zone-a-recognition-based-program Fri, 14 Jul 2023 14:09:02 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=213 Check charts are probably the most familiar behavior management tool to school staff and parents. In response to disruptive behavior, poor work habits, lack of independence and responsibility, inattentiveness, failure to follow the rules, social violations, and many other common childhood problems, teachers and parents have been told to set up a chart.

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Check charts are probably the most familiar behavior management tool to school staff and parents. In response to disruptive behavior, poor work habits, lack of independence and responsibility, inattentiveness, failure to follow the rules, social violations, and many other common childhood problems, teachers and parents have been told to set up a chart…

See Also:
The Green Zone: Basic Guidelines and Reminders for Staff
The Green Zone: Quick Guidelines 
The Green Zone: Performance Rating
For Parents: Understanding the Daily Green Zone Ratings
Why Visual?

Direct document link: Green Zone

 

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]]> Program Building and Professional Development Process https://kevinplummerphd.com/program-building-and-professional-development-process/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=program-building-and-professional-development-process Tue, 06 Aug 2019 05:11:20 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=1401 Observations by clinical, consultation or coordination staff, OR input, questions and concerns, request for consultation by classroom staff process chart. direct pdf link

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direct pdf link

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]]> Good Fit Program https://kevinplummerphd.com/good-fit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=good-fit Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:28:08 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=1352 In all cases of the good fit program, you are using the student’s motivation to work harder to make things a good fit, and to accept responsibility when the activity or situation is no longer a choice (rather than the student placing blame externally). Also, “good fit” enables students to experience another chance at reward […]

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]]> In all cases of the good fit program, you are using the student’s motivation to work harder to make things a good fit, and to accept responsibility when the activity or situation is no longer a choice (rather than the student placing blame externally). Also, “good fit” enables students to experience another chance at reward activities, but it is another chance with growth potential, a chance to do it differently, a chance to learn a new way to be successful with the activity or situation.

Good Fit Visual Chart (only) Below:

Being a Good Sport – Comprehension Guide Below:

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]]> Program Structure And Organization For Students With An Autism Spectrum Disorder https://kevinplummerphd.com/program-structure-and-organization-for-students-with-an-autism-spectrum-disorder/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=program-structure-and-organization-for-students-with-an-autism-spectrum-disorder Sun, 28 Aug 2016 14:31:58 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=1012 The management of student behavior, regardless of disability, is less of a burden on the school day when the organizational elements listed below are put into place first. Without these fundamental elements, the entire day may be spent managing behavior and very little of anything else may be accomplished. When the class is physically organized […]

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]]> The management of student behavior, regardless of disability, is less of a burden on the school day when the organizational elements listed below are put into place first. Without these fundamental elements, the entire day may be spent managing behavior and very little of anything else may be accomplished. When the class is physically organized with a variety of space configurations, visually supportive, and communication simplified, behavior can be effectively addressed.

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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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]]> Independent Down Time Leisure Skill Development https://kevinplummerphd.com/independent-down-time-leisure-skill-development/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=independent-down-time-leisure-skill-development Sun, 14 Aug 2016 14:20:32 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=217 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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]]> The Hierarchy of Student Needs in the Classroom https://kevinplummerphd.com/the-hierarchy-of-student-needs-in-the-classroom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-hierarchy-of-student-needs-in-the-classroom Sun, 14 Aug 2016 14:16:09 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=215 Students come to school to learn, we all know that. They are motivated to feel capable, competent, and knowledgeable. They want to be proud of what they know and what they can learn. Unfortunately, that is not the description of most students. Most students come to school with a range of unmet needs, more basic needs than the need to feel capable, competent, and knowledgeable.

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]]> Students come to school to learn, we all know that. They are motivated to feel capable, competent, and knowledgeable. They want to be proud of what they know and what they can learn. Unfortunately, that is not the description of most students. Most students come to school with a range of unmet needs, more basic needs than the need to feel capable, competent, and knowledgeable…

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]]> Chronic Stress, Inflammation, and Mood Dysfunction https://kevinplummerphd.com/chronic-stress-inflammation-and-mood-dysfunction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chronic-stress-inflammation-and-mood-dysfunction Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:56:36 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=434 It is not well understood at this point but there is a relationship between pro-inflammatory cytokines (immune system response) and neurochemical activation (dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and others) that leads to the psycho-physiological response of sickness behavior.

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]]> It is not well understood at this point but there is a relationship between pro-inflammatory cytokines (immune system response) and neurochemical activation (dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and others) that leads to the psycho-physiological response of sickness behavior…

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]]> Positive Psychology and Student Learning Implications https://kevinplummerphd.com/positive-psychology-student-learning-implications/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=positive-psychology-student-learning-implications Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:34:32 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=250 People who experience anger, rage, high stress, and frustration also experience an increase in blood pressure, muscle tension respiration rate, the activation of the sympathetic nervous system, and engagement of the immune system.

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]]> People who experience anger, rage, high stress, and frustration also experience an increase in blood pressure, muscle tension respiration rate, the activation of the sympathetic nervous system, and engagement of the immune system. Their thinking is narrowed (to the matter at hand), more rigid, more automatic, and it is mixed with memories of similar situations, creating a loss of current context and at least a slight dissociation from the present…

Direct Download: Positive Psychology
See Related Article: Fostering Resilience in Children, Role of the Family

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