formula for fall 2020 success - formed families forward
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Formula for Fall 2020 Success
Self-Care + Self-Management = Family Well-BeingOctober 17, 2020
How Are You Feeling Today?
https://www.marcbrackett.com/the-colors-of-our-emotions/
Awareness to Management
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Self-Care Practice #1: Check-In
• Practice regular check-ins with yourself• Name ALL emotions• Permit multiple emotions• Regulate and grow emotions wisely • Monitor biological self-care
• Sleep• Nutrition• Exercise
Self-Care Practice #2: Self-Regulation• Mindful Breathing• Be Still• Exercise• Screen Breaks• Psychological distance• Best Self
Self-Care Practice #3: Novelty• Try something new!
• Read a new book• Watch a new show• Listen to a new podcast• Journal• Try a new recipe• Play a game
• Laugh!
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Self-Care Practice #4: Gratitude
• Go outside and notice • Name the positive• Dwell in the good• Write it down• Self-talk• Re-framing
Self-Care Practice #5: Service• Help someone in your family or community• Help yourself-Give advice!• Collective Care
• Family chants, rituals, celebrations• Practicing self-care strategies together
Student Self-Management at Home
Create and maintain a quiet, distraction free learning space
Enable accessibility features that
match need and preference
Offer choices
Make a schedule and establish routines Provide visual and
organization supports
Celebrate independence
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Structure and Routines
● Reduce anxiety● Provide a sense of self-control● Develop good habits● Provide predictability amidst uncertainty
Schedules
Technology Supports
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Visual and Organizational Supports
Choices
Preference Assessment
Video Game YES NOBasketball YES NOReading YES NOMagazine YES NOWatch DVD YES NODrawing YES NO
Self-Monitoring
You cannot help man permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves."- Abraham Lincoln
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Academic Checklists
Behavior Self-Monitoring
Practice Makes Perfect!• Child and adult rate behavior• Aim for “matching” • Compare two ratings• Reinforce and reteach rating system as needed• Fade adult rating• Gradually increase criteria or interval for reinforcement • Conduct intermittent checks and provide feedback on self-monitoring
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Acknowledgement
Power of Feedback Power of Affirmation
Final Check
What adult self-care strategy discussed do you want to begin or increase starting today?
What self-management strategy discussed do you want to begin or increase using with your child?
Resources• Self-Care Assessment• Mood Meter App• Take 5 Breathing Exercise• Self-Care Parent Resources• Free Visuals• Daily Schedule Templates• Choice Boards• GMU TTAC Family Resources Spotlight
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Thank you!
Visit TTAC Online and Virginia Family Special Education for more resources and information
Karen Berlin, [email protected]