What type of graphic organizer(s) might the student require in order to visually represent and organize the concepts, feelings, or behaviors that relate to this particular topic?
Graphic Organizers are used commonly when teaching topics related to stress. Many organizers specific to stress-ranking and tracking have been included in the Self-Identifying Anxiety and Self-Identifying Anger topics. (Please refer to those topic items for more printable tools not included here.)
The “Environmental Demands Rating Worksheet” provides a color-coded tool to help identify specific environmental stressors:
This worksheet, “Dealing with Environmental Demands,” is an organized list of strategies for modifying an environment or adjusting one’s self to cope with specific environmental triggers:
“What Relaxes You?” is a general organizer that can be used when teaching various topics around stress and coping. It includes a checklist of general relaxation techniques:
This “Envir-o-Meter” is an example of a simple ranking tool for identifying various stressors. The student may use this type of organizer to label the severity of certain triggers:
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(Other suggestions: See “Identify Your Triggers” & “My Triggers Scale” in the Self-Identifying Anxiety topic.)
Is there a way to visually or thematically incorporate the student’s interests into this graphic organizer to increase motivation and engagement?
What additional visual clarity cues (e.g. icons, bolding, highlighting, color-coding) might you add to the graphic organizer to clarify concepts and to direct attention to key details?
In order to align this intervention topic area with the unique needs of the student, do you need to create a graphic organizer in the View2do program?