aeh -
Thanks for this great idea. It really would help him to see a visible pattern emerging to show he's improving. I don't know why I never thought of this. Forest/trees I guess!
I think I might create a chart of days with a purple dot for "I got angry and was rough," a dark blue dot for "I got angry, and used rough words" and a teal dot (his favorite color) for EITHER - "I didn't get angry" or "I got angry, but I handled it smoothly." If I do this for a couple weeks, I think he'll see lots more teal than purple. And hopefully I can't keep him from fixating on the purple by helping him notice the ever-increasing teal.
I don't really have too much of a window into day-to-day at school. So, I'd like your input, but I think I'll focus on home. For one thing, I think he'd distrust dots I did for school, thinking they would be my false impressions based on his reporting. And for another thing, that way I can honestly do a little bit of retroactive dotting to show him his progress to date - which has been great.
Thanks a million,
Sue
