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The school day is full of interruption, change and transition for students. Students frequently shift from listening to writing to reading to speaking. They shift from solitary activity to group, and from math to language to free time. There are ways educators can help students transition throughout the day with fewer resulting behavior issues…

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]]> Establishing Relationships With Students https://kevinplummerphd.com/establishing-relationships-with-students/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=establishing-relationships-with-students Sat, 20 Aug 2016 08:01:41 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=209 Students do much better academically and much better behaviorally when they have a positive relationship with their teacher. Teachers who were rated as more sensitive to student needs and had a more emotionally supportive and responsive relationship with their students, had a positive influence on the level of student aggression and the level of behavioral self-control.

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]]> Students do much better academically and much better behaviorally when they have a positive relationship with their teacher. Teachers who were rated as more sensitive to student needs and had a more emotionally supportive and responsive relationship with their students, had a positive influence on the level of student aggression and the level of behavioral self-control…

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]]> Mindful Approach https://kevinplummerphd.com/mindful-approach/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mindful-approach Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:30:15 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=464 This is it, right now, one of those moments Recognize when it’s one of those moments right now and make a deliberate effort to create the space for just that moment. You will not have this chance again.   The Data You Choose Instead of measuring your day by the events that frustrate focus on […]

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Recognize when

it’s one of those moments

right now

and make a deliberate effort to create the space

for just that moment.

You will not have this chance again.

 

The Data You Choose

Instead of measuring your day by the events that frustrate

focus on the number of times you smile,

the number of times you see others smile.

The pieces of information you choose to focus on can help determine

the story you tell at the end of the day.

 

Time Is On Your Side

It takes discipline and patience and confidence and trust to recruit and then harness time, to resist the urge to jump in, direct, take action, issue judgment, to assiduously apply time like an emollient to the circumstances you face. It takes courage, insight and vision, and sometimes nerves of steel to enable time to work for you.

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]]> Physical Intervention Report Form https://kevinplummerphd.com/physical-intervention-report-form/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=physical-intervention-report-form Tue, 16 Aug 2016 12:54:46 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=432 Use this form to report physical interventions. This includes the date of the crisis intervention, location, type, and many other factors.

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]]> Use this form to report physical interventions. This includes the date of the crisis intervention, location, type, and many other factors.

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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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]]> 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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]]> 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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]]> De-Escalation Guidelines https://kevinplummerphd.com/de-escalation-guidelines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=de-escalation-guidelines Tue, 14 Aug 2012 13:23:21 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=207 At the early stages of a mood regulation problem we want to employ preventive strategies such as schedule adjustments, work arrangements, environmental changes, changes in level of demand, increased level of staff support, increased visual support, and increased use of restorative breaks.

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]]> At the early stages of a mood regulation problem we want to employ preventive strategies such as schedule adjustments, work arrangements, environmental changes, changes in level of demand, increased level of staff support, increased visual support, and increased use of restorative breaks…

Related Articles:
Time Out Guidelines
Time Out Analysis
Time Out and Redirection Scripts
Time Out Protocol
Physical Intervention Report Form

Break Flow Chart
When to Use Breaks, Think Time and the Safe Room

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]]> Race To The Finish Independence And Work Habits Program https://kevinplummerphd.com/race-to-the-finish-independence-and-work-habits-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=race-to-the-finish-independence-and-work-habits-program Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:53:56 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=644 Race To The Finish is an independence program used for younger students (grades K –3) or less capable (e.g., IQ approx. < 80) older students (see the I Can Do It program for older students). We use these programs when we want to encourage students to do more on their own, when students depend too much on the teacher, even though they can do the task themselves.

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]]> Race To The Finish is an independence program used for younger students (grades K –3) or less capable (e.g., IQ approx. < 80) older students (see the I Can Do It program for older students). We use these programs when we want to encourage students to do more on their own, when students depend too much on the teacher, even though they can do the task themselves...

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]]> Match the Pace Independence Program https://kevinplummerphd.com/match-the-pace-independence-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=match-the-pace-independence-program Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:47:13 +0000 http://kevinplummerphd.com/?p=641 Match The Pace is a visually supported independence program used for students in grades K –8. There are many students who have trouble finishing their independent work because they don’t get started on it soon enough, they take too many breaks, or they work at a slow pace.

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]]> Match The Pace is a visually supported independence program used for students in grades K –8. There are many students who have trouble finishing their independent work because they don’t get started on it soon enough, they take too many breaks, or they work at a slow pace…

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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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