Some people choose teach a 5-Point Scale instead of a 3 point scale, when students have more language, or when students have more complex behaviour that is better defined into 5 categories instead of 3.

When teaching this program, it is also extremely important to teach identifying and labeling complex emotions along a continuum.

Here’s the visuals and data sheet that we use if teaching a 5-point scale.

Click here for more examples. This is also a great book if you don’t want to reinvent the wheel yourself (click on image for link).

Other materials can be found on the Social Thinking website.