Psychology/Tools
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Tools
Instruments you can print and use today
Four free resources, each complete in itself. No account, no email address, no gate. Each one is original PMA Science material and each one states its own limits inside the document.
The four free tools
PMA Quick Observation Card
The whole observation discipline on two pages — define before you watch, record the environment before the behaviour, keep description and interpretation apart — plus a printable tally sheet. (5 pages, PDF, print-ready)
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PMA Emotion Naming Sheet
Eight container words (“stressed”, “fine”, “bad”) unpacked into the precise names that tell you what would actually help, the four channels, and a two-week naming log. (5 pages, PDF, print-ready)
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PMA Thought Capture Card
The five-step CLEAR method in short, a test for what counts as evidence, and a week-long capture card for catching the sentence underneath a reaction. (5 pages, PDF, print-ready)
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PMA Support Profile One-Pager
The language that keeps a support record honest, the four questions that must precede any plan, and a one-page profile to complete with the person rather than about them. (5 pages, PDF, print-ready)
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How to choose
| If you need to… | Use | Then |
|---|---|---|
| Record somebody’s behaviour accurately and defensibly | Quick Observation Card | Read how behaviour is recorded |
| Notice and name your own emotions earlier | Emotion Naming Sheet | Read the four channels |
| Catch and test the thought underneath a reaction | Thought Capture Card | See the full workbook |
| Write support information that describes fit rather than deficit | Support Profile One-Pager | Read fit, not deficit |
Using these tools properly
- Print them. All four are designed for paper, at US Letter, and all four work better in pen than on a screen.
- Read the scope page at the front. It is short, and it tells you what the resource will not do.
- Use the same tool for at least five sessions or fourteen days before drawing any conclusion.
- Where a record concerns another person, tell them, record their agreement, and let them read what you wrote.
Where the free tools stop and the professional resources begin
The free cards carry the essential rules and one working form each. The professional toolkits carry the full method, every recording form, the reliability checks, the findings templates and the documentation standards.
Educational scope. Everything published on PMA Science Psychology is provided for education, study and professional documentation. Nothing here is a diagnostic instrument, a psychometric test, or a substitute for assessment, treatment, supervision or emergency care by a qualified professional.
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