UPDATED 5/13/24
ASD individuals usually do not know how to express their feelings properly or know how to cope with them. When a child with ASD has problems, they act out inappropriately and it can lead to disruptive behavior at home, school, or in public places.
To combat this, establish an Anger Management Program using a thermometer to help your child learn how to recognize when they are upset and what they should do to relieve it.
There are lots of Stress Management / Feelings / Emotions Thermometers on the internet. Just Google!
Be sure to:
1. Identify the factors or triggers that lead to aggressive or unsafe behavior, and
2. Use collaborative problem solving techniques.
children.wi.gov- Feelings Thermometer, examples of what to do when they feel stressed, and how to use
Here is what I used with Monk:
Stress Thermometer- that you can print out
4 comments:
One of my student's has a version of the 5 point scale with pictures of Calvin (a la Calvin and Hobbes) and his facial expressions at different levels. It. Is. Awesome. The only reason I've never blogged about it before is because I didn't create it and I'd hate to take credit for my co-worker's brilliance.
CC-
That's a great idea! My son LOVES Calvin and Hobbes!
I forgot all about this Stress Thermometer. Rebecca needed something for speech loudness and I remembered you could use a thermometer to help. I then made a thermometer for speech loudness, but could not for the life of me remember where this was from. Later I finally realized that it was from a Stress Thermometer, but it seems to work for speech loudness as well. LOL!
http://momsofspecialneedschildren1.blogspot.com/2009/01/loudness-of-speech.html
Anyhoooooo, I know you have better ideas for loudness of speech. Please share!!! :)
This is such a cute scale! We are currently using the alert program and have incorporated numbers into the levels of that. Michael has always responded well to numbers so the combination seems to be working.
Trish-
Ooooooooo, I would love to see the Alert Program. Please post! :)
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