Helping staff stay therapeutic in a job that readily erodes one's therapeutic capacity. No educator or clinician can be perfectly therapeutic all … [Read more...] about The Role of Staff Wellness in Implementing Therapeutic Programming
Classroom Management At The Secondary Level: From Community Building To Continuous Feedback On Performance
The Importance Of Community The classroom is a working, developing community with its own culture, its unique way of doing things, its own … [Read more...] about Classroom Management At The Secondary Level: From Community Building To Continuous Feedback On Performance
Support Strategies For The ASD Student In The Classroom: Identifying Sources Of Stress And Developing A Coping Plan
Reducing Confusion And Increasing Organization By Providing Explicit Routines Replace Verbal With Visual, Show Rather Than Tell ASD Students … [Read more...] about Support Strategies For The ASD Student In The Classroom: Identifying Sources Of Stress And Developing A Coping Plan
Social Intervention In The Classroom For Students With ASD
It is important to remember that the ASD child needs the culture of the classroom to support the social values and social skills that (s)he is … [Read more...] about Social Intervention In The Classroom For Students With ASD
Qualities Of Teachers Who Work Well With ASD Children
Able to maintain a quiet, well organized classroom. Presents in a calm, predictable, non abrupt manner. Conveys caring, sensitivity and warmth … [Read more...] about Qualities Of Teachers Who Work Well With ASD Children
Social Communication Skills Rating Form (ASD)
Social Communication Skills Rating Form by Kevin Plummer, Ph.D. for use for supporting students with Autism Spectrum Disorder … [Read more...] about Social Communication Skills Rating Form (ASD)
Hypothetical Inclusion Program Guidelines
Preteach some of the material from the upcoming academic lesson. Provide rehearsal and practice of some of the content or activity so it is … [Read more...] about Hypothetical Inclusion Program Guidelines
Inclusion Planning Program Development Tool
Use this form when planning your inclusion program. Items include: activity under review, describe the inclusion activity, problematic elements of … [Read more...] about Inclusion Planning Program Development Tool
Inclusion Social Goals
Social and behavioral goals of inclusion: increased independence, development of age appropriate responsibility, organizational skills, … [Read more...] about Inclusion Social Goals
Empathy Building
These are examples of interventions designed to build empathy skills. Successful treatment requires full immersion, all day long across a multitude … [Read more...] about Empathy Building
Empathy Scale
Use this empathy rating scale to rate when someone becomes concerned when another child is upset, becomes sad when listening to a sad story, … [Read more...] about Empathy Scale
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 … [Read more...] about The Relationship Between Mood, Memory, Perception and Behavior