The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically I

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Plan B (continued )
timing for, 97
training other skills with, 188–204
triggers, 95
Plan C
cotton candy problem, 125
difficult issues, 172
difficulties between parents, 219
doing homework on register problem,
126
Emergency Plan B, 123
factors that cause Plan B to go astray,
133, 138
husbands as not doing Plan B, 155
language processing skills, 192–193
medications, 238
misconceptions about, 117–19
overview of, 89–90, 92–95, 120–21
Plan A, 93
progress using Plan B, 158
ranking of plans, 117–19
reducing of tensions by using, 177
in school, 253
“splitting” of parents, 157
what to do during explosion, 151
Plans
CPS as model for use with all children,
275
delaying decisions about which plan to
use, 152–54
misconceptions about, 117–19
questions about, 142–76
as ranking system, 118–19
summary about, 120–21
which ones to use on spur of the
moment, 152–54
See also specific plan
play therapy, 74
PlayStation problem, 203– 4
point systems, 79
predictability of explosions
executive skills, 194–95
factors that cause Plan B to go astray,
132

forms of Plan B, 273

at home, 168– 69

identification of pathways, 24, 48

identification of triggers, 48, 88

identifying and articulating concerns,

179

Plan B in school, 258, 264–65

Proactive Plan B, 97

at school, 168–69

training other skills with Plan B,

194–95

See also routines; unpredictability

prior experience, 33–35, 45, 106–107,

114, 154–55, 198

Proactive Plan B

amount of time needed to do, 151

defining the problem, 105–6

empathy, 103

example of, 125–29

executive skills, 194–95

factors that cause Plan B to go astray,

132, 136–137

as form of Plan B, 273

as homework assignment for parents,

131

identifying and articulating concerns,

179–83

invitation, 110–14, 117, 121

lying, 170–72

in school, 251–52, 254–56, 258,

264–65

skills necessary for child to participate

in Plan B, 179–83

social skills, 203– 4

steps in Plan B, 103, 105–6, 110–14,

117, 120

training other skills with, 194–95,

203–4

when to use, 97

problem solving

characteristics of explosive children,

51, 66

cognitive flexibility skills, 196

emotion regulation skills, 41