Stop-Think-Act Wearable Ring Cards for Special Education

About this resource

EVERYTHING INSIDE — 19 pages

• 6 cut-apart ring cards, 2 inches square: two full sets of the same three steps (Stop, Think,

Act), in the same order both times, punched for a one-inch book ring

• Every card twice: a full-color set for the ring and a black-and-white ink-saver set for a spare

ring or a second adult

• A "what each card shows, and what to say" reference printed right on the ring sheet, so the card,

the picture and the spoken line never separate

• 12 blank ring cards with a type-in word line, for a step word in a student's own language or a

reminder card for a chosen Act-step choice

• A how-to page: building the ring (cut, punch, thread, in step order), why the order matters on

this ring, showing a step, when a step needs a second showing, what the Act card stands for, one

ring for several adults, what this ring is and is not, sending it home and handing it off

• A Stop-Think-Act Ring Log (16 rows: one letter per step — independently, with a prompt, or

not completed — each time the sequence runs)

• A weekly roll-up (8 weeks) with a percent-of-steps-independent graph
• A filled example — an invented student, one day and three weeks on the roll-up, every percent

re-counted from its own row

• A family page with the same three steps to point to at home and a week of home tries to initial
• A hand-off page so a paraprofessional, specials teacher or substitute carries the same ring the

same way

• A phrase bank: 20 lines in 5 groups (spoken lines for showing a card in order, written starters

for the log, the roll-up and the note home)

• A storage and binder label sheet: 11 labels and a spine strip
• Start Here, a contents page with page thumbnails, and a "what's next" back page

The chart-and-board version of this same three-step order stays where it is posted. This file

prints no chart and no board: the same three cue cards, in the same fixed order, cut small,

punched near the top edge and threaded onto a one-inch book ring, so the sequence travels on a

lanyard or belt clip with whoever is wearing it — into the hallway, the cafeteria, specials, or

anywhere a posted chart is not within reach.

THE STEPS (reused verbatim from the chart-and-board version, same words and pictures)

1. Stop — freeze; hands, feet and voice stay still for a second

2. Think — what is happening? what else could I do?

3. Act — pick one and do it

Unlike a bank of interchangeable cue cards, these three steps are not a choice to pick from — they

happen in the same order every time, so the ring sheet prints the same three cards twice (six cut

pieces total) rather than splitting them across two sheets: thread the first set, then the second,

in order, and flipping front to back through the ring IS the sequence.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF: type into the log, the roll-up, the family page, the hand-off page and the

blank cards, or print and use a pen. The card sheet prints on cardstock or plain paper, cuts along

dashed lines, and punches near the top edge for a one-inch book ring (sold separately). It works

offline with no account or subscription. It is NOT an editable online slideshow or

word-processor document.

It is a way for an adult to carry the same three-step order a chart-and-board version already

teaches, so it travels from room to room, and to write down whether a step was completed without a

prompt. It is not a behavior plan, a therapy technique or a program of any kind, and it promises no

outcome. It names no specific feeling a student must be having, supplies no prompt hierarchy,

fading schedule or mastery rule, and claims no choice at Act works. The goal line and the criterion

field are blanks for your district's own wording and your team's own number.

Who This Is For

Special education teachers, paraprofessionals and specials teachers who already teach the

Stop-Think-Act order and need it to travel with a roving adult — the hallway monitor, the cafeteria

duty staff, the specials teacher, the substitute — plus the case managers who need that use to show

up as data, and the families who get the home page sent home.

More In The Collection

This single sits alongside Stop-Think-Act Impulse Control Cards and Log (the chart-and-board

version of the same three steps), Calm-Down Steps Wearable Ring Cards (the same ring mechanic for

the four-step calm-down sequence), and Lanyard Cue Cards for Special Education (the same ring

mechanic for an interchangeable calm-down cue bank); more picture-card sets — schedule cards,

routine strips, choice boards — are being added to the collection regularly, all on the same

cards-plus-data shape.

Pictures (color pages): Noto Emoji by Google, Apache License 2.0. Pictures (ink-saver pages):

Fluent Emoji, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, MIT License.