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A Deeper Look at Cognitive Behavioral Therapy by Keith Torkelson MS, BS

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Prevent Youth Slippage by Keith Torkelson MS, BS

Contents

Requirements
Prosocial behavior - Social Behavior Questionnaire Scales I
Address Adaptive Behaviors
How things came to be and are…
Social Behavior Questionnaire Scales - SBQ-T, SBQ-M
Aggression-Disruptiveness (13 items)
Anxiety (6 items)
Prosocial behavior (10 items)
Social Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) II
Divine Writer Hypothesis
Tangent - What is Glorious Purpose?
FYI - The Divine Timeline
How many human beings are in the mix?
Now (2026) number born = 117 Billion (Homo sapiens like)

Prosocial behavior - Social Behavior Questionnaire Scales I

The Social Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) is a well-established behavioral assessment tool originally developed by Richard E. Tremblay and colleagues to evaluate social, emotional, and behavioral functioning in children and adolescents across different environments (such as home and school). When examining the SBQ in the context of SBQ-T and SBQ-M, these designations refer to the specific informant or respondent forms used to collect ratings:

SBQ-T (Teacher Report Form):

Completed by a teacher to assess a child's or student's behavior within the school/classroom setting (e.g., peer interactions, attention, or disruptive conduct).

SBQ-M (Mother / Maternal Report Form):

Completed by the mother or primary female caregiver to rate the child's behavior and emotional patterns within the home and family environment.

Core Structure of the SBQ

Original Item Pool (Tremblay et al.):

Typically consists of 38 items combining items from earlier behavioral inventories (such as the Preschool Behavior Questionnaire) and prosocial measures:

28 behavior-problem and emotional items

10 prosocial behavior items

Factor Structure:

Research (such as longitudinal population studies like the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development) generally identifies a robust multi-factor model covering domains such as:

Disruptive behaviors / Aggression / Hyperactivity

Emotional distress / Anxious symptoms

Inattention / Withdrawal

Prosocial behaviors (e.g., helping, sharing, comforting)

Peer relationship difficulties

Note: In clinical literature, the acronym SBQ is sometimes also used separately for the Social Behavior Questionnaire measuring safety behaviors in Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) (a self-report scale focused on anxiety-driven avoidance and monitoring) or the Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) tracking sitting time. However, in developmental and child psychology research, SBQ-T and SBQ-M specifically denote Teacher versus Mother informant ratings on the Tremblay Social Behavior Questionnaire.

FAQ – Is one antisocial incidence per category enough cause to think there is problem?

Address Adaptive Behaviors

Adaptive behavior refers to the collection of conceptual, social, and practical life skills that people learn and perform independently to meet the everyday demands of their environment. Unlike intelligence (IQ), which measures cognitive potential, adaptive behavior measures real-world functional competence.

Core Domains of Adaptive Behavior

Adaptive skills are generally divided into three main categories:

Conceptual Skills:

Literacy, self-direction, and an understanding of numbers, money, time, and functional communication.

Social Skills:

Interpersonal interactions, social responsibility, self-esteem, following rules, obeying laws, and avoiding victimization.

Practical Skills:

Activities of daily living (such as personal care and hygiene), occupational tasks, safety, health care, travel, and managing routines.

Why It Matters

Independent Living:

These skills allow individuals to function safely and effectively at home, school, and work.

Clinical and Educational Diagnostics:

Assessments of adaptive behavior are required alongside IQ tests to diagnose conditions like intellectual disability or autism spectrum disorder.

Life Changes:

Adaptive skills evolve as society changes—such as learning to navigate digital technology or smartphones instead of old systems.

Common Assessment Tools

Clinicians, educators, and psychologists measure adaptive behavior through structured interviews and standardized rating scales completed by parents, teachers, or caregivers:

Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS)

Adaptive Behavior Assessment System (ABAS)

Scales of Independent Behavior-Revised (SIB-R)

You can read more about definitions and criteria through the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) or explore the breakdown on Wikipedia.

Divine Writer Hypothesis – At the End

How things came to be and are…

Promotion - Population Reference Bureau (PRB)

https://www.prb.org/

Social Behavior Questionnaire Scales - SBQ-T, SBQ-M
Second cycle of elementary School (9-12 years old)
Number of Items is associated with relative weight
All items except prosocial behavior are not beneficial
Buster scores Keith Edward
Target Kids and TAYs

Hyperactivity (2 items)

1 Restless. Runs about or jumps up and down. Doesn't keep still
2 Squirmy, fidgety child

Fighting (3 items)

1 Fights with other children
2 Bullies other children
3 Kicks, bites, or hits other children

Opposition (5 items)

1 Doesn't share material used for a task in the classroom
2 Irritable, quick to "fly off the handle"
3 Is disobedient
4 Blames others
5 Inconsiderate of others

Inattention (4 items)

1 Has poor concentration or short attention span
2 Inattentive
3 Gives up easily
4 Stares into space

Antisocial behavior (3 items)

1 Truants from school
2 Tells lies
3 Has stolen things on one or more occasions

FAQ – Is one incidence of asocial behavior enough?

Note: Elementary Citizenship (Per teachers satisfactory and a few outstanding)

Proactive aggression (3 items)

1 He gets other kids to gang up on a peer that he does not like
2 Uses physical force (or threatens to use force) in order to dominate other kids
3 Threatens or bullies others in order to get his own way

Reactive aggression (3 items)

1 Always claims that other children are to blame in a fight and feels that they started the whole trouble
2 When he has been teased or threatened, he gets angry easily and strikes back
3 When a peer accidentally hurts him (such as by bumping into him) he assumes that the peer meant do it, and then overreacts with anger and fighting

Social Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) II

The Social Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) is a psychometric assessment tool used primarily in two distinct clinical and developmental contexts: measuring anxiety-driven safety behaviors in social anxiety disorder, or evaluating child and adolescent behavioral development (often divided into teacher/maternal ratings like SBQ-T for Teacher and SBQ-M for Maternal/Parent report).

1. Social Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) for Social Anxiety (Safety Behaviors)

In cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and research on social anxiety disorder (SAD), the SBQ assesses the frequency of safety behaviors (avoidance, mental monitoring, and concealment) used before or during feared social situations.

Purpose:

Measures how often individuals engage in covert or overt actions to prevent negative evaluation or manage anxiety (e.g., avoiding eye contact, rehearsing speech, gripping cups tightly, using alcohol, or monitoring self-presentation).

Format:

Typically a 24- to 28-item self-report questionnaire.

Rating Scale:

4-point Likert-style frequency scale (Always, Often, Sometimes, Never).

Use:

Baseline assessment, treatment planning, and tracking progress during exposure therapy.
You can review sample items via the Social Behavior Questionnaire Database Profile or a Social Phobia Assessment Summary.

2. Social Behavior Questionnaire (SBQ) in Child Development (SBQ-T / SBQ-M)

In developmental psychology and longitudinal studies (such as the Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development), the SBQ evaluates child and youth behavioral and emotional functioning from early childhood through adolescence.

SBQ-T (Teacher Report) & SBQ-M (Maternal / Parent Report):

Refers to the same core behavioral item set rated by different informants (teachers observing in school vs. mothers/parents observing at home) across different developmental stages.

Core Subscales / Factor Structure:

Validated models typically confirm a six-factor structure:

Emotional Distress / Fearlessness / Anxiety

Withdrawal (e.g., refusing to talk, social withdrawal)

Impulsive / Hyperactive / Inattentive (ADHD-related behaviors like not keeping still, running about, acting without thinking)

Disruptive / Externalizing Behaviors (conduct problems)

Prosocial Behaviors (helping, comforting, sharing, trying to stop quarrels)

Peer Relationship Difficulties (being teased, peer conflict)

Rating Scale:

Usually a 4- or 5-point frequency scale (ranging from never to very often / always).

Divine Writer Hypothesis

The Divine Writer (or Divine Author) Hypothesis refers to a group of theological and philosophical theories proposing that a sacred text—or by extension, the universe and history itself—is decisively authored, governed, or structured by an omniscient and omnipotent deity. In modern philosophy of religion and biblical hermeneutics, this hypothesis is evaluated through two primary frameworks: Scriptural Evidentialism (assessing the textual features expected from a divine source) and the Metaphysical Authorial Analogy (viewing God as the creative writer of reality).

1. Scriptural Evaluation: H_{D} vs. H_{H}

Philosophers often pit the Robust Divine Authorship Hypothesis (H_{D}) against the Ordinary Historical-Human Authorship Hypothesis (H_{H}) to evaluate the origin of religious texts like the Bible:

The Robust Divine Hypothesis (H_{D}):

Assumes an omniscient, omnipotent, and compassion-oriented deity governs the text's core message. Because a compassionate God prefers to reduce avoidable human suffering, H_{D}predicts that a divine text intended to guide human life would include compact, advanced, and unambiguous practical guidance (such as basic biomedical or sanitation protocols) ahead of its time.

The Historical-Human Hypothesis (H_{H}):

Views the text as a layered anthology produced, edited, and transmitted by human agents. Its practical, ethical, and scientific horizons are strictly constrained by the localized knowledge, genres, and cultural priorities of ancient Near Eastern communities.

This friction creates what philosophers call an "expectation gap." Critics of strict divine authorship argue that the lack of advanced scientific or moral foresight in ancient texts makes (H_{H}) a more statistically probable explanation than a robust, suffering-averse H_{D}.

2. Models of Divine Textual Governance

Theologians who maintain a divine origin theory generally reject the idea that a text must either be perfectly dictated by God or purely human. Instead, they apply three distinct models of authorship:

3. The Metaphysical Analogy: God as the Cosmic Writer

Beyond scriptural origins, the "Divine Writer" concept is used as a tool to describe the God-world relationship. In this philosophical analogy, history is a narrative and God is the ultimate cosmic author. However, this framework faces significant challenges regarding the problem of evil:

The Problem of Gratuitous Evil:

If God is the absolute author of the universe's timeline, why would He intentionally "write in" vast, purposeless human suffering, tragedies, and atrocities into the script?

The Author of Evil:

Critics argue that an unrestricted authorial analogy strips human beings of free will and inadvertently makes God the direct author and manipulator of moral evil.

Divine Hiddenness:

The analogy struggles to explain the "absentee author"—why the creator of the narrative remains silent or hidden when the characters within the story are suffering.

Tangent - What is Glorious Purpose?

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), the phrase "glorious purpose" refers to Loki’s obsessive search for personal destiny, power, and validation, which transforms completely over the course of his story.

The Evolution of Loki's Purpose

The Selfish Pursuit of Power:

Loki first famously utters the phrase ("I am Loki of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose") in The Avengers while trying to conquer Earth. At this stage, his "purpose" is purely narcissistic—a delusion that he is pre-ordained to rule over others, strip away free will, and claim a throne.

The Reality Check:

Through his journey in the Disney+ series Loki, his illusions are systematically broken down by the Time Variance Authority (TVA) and variants like Sylvie. He learns that his old path only leads to failure, loss, and pain.

Selfless Sacrifice:

In the series finale, Loki redefines the phrase. Instead of conquering a throne to be served, he assumes a heavy, solitary burden—holding and protecting the dying multiverse of timelines together so that others can live. His "glorious purpose" shifts from empty tyranny to the ultimate act of self-sacrifice.

FYI - The Divine Timeline

Divine timing refers to the belief that the universe or God orchestrates events according to a purposeful, orderly plan rather than a random human schedule.

Core Concepts

Sovereignty and Order:

Rooted in theological traditions, it holds that historical and personal events unfold at the exact right moment (pleroma kronu, or the full measure of time).

Active Alignment vs. Passive Waiting:

In spiritual and manifestation contexts, divine timing is viewed as an energetic frequency or readiness rather than an excuse for inaction. It emphasizes inner preparation (patience and clarity) meeting external opportunity.

Biblical Chronology:

Tools like Divine Timeline map out historical and biblical figures from ancient times (such as Elijah or Jonah) through early Christian history.

Pattern-Based History:

Theological frameworks often view history through a structured lens, such as the 6-day work and 1-day Sabbath pattern scaling into 6,000 years of human history followed by a millennial rest.

How many human beings are in the mix?

The current (2026) global human population is approximately 8.3 billion people. The "7%" figure in your premise refers to the percentage of all human beings who have ever lived that are alive at that moment. With the population increase over the last decade, that ratio has shifted slightly.

While the raw number of people has grown by roughly 700 to 800 million since 2017, the overall percentage of "all humans ever born" stays remarkably close to 7%. This is because the total estimated number of historical humans who have ever lived (stretching back roughly 200,000 years) is also massive—currently estimated at over 117 billion people.

Now (2026) number born = 117 Billion (Homo sapiens like)

Approximately 117 billion members of the human species have ever been born on Earth, according to updated estimates from the Population Reference Bureau.

Key Details

Historical Estimate:

The older 2011 estimate frequently cited was around 108 billion humans starting from roughly 50,000 or 190,000 BCE.

Updated Count:

Newer calculations (such as those by the PRB and discussed in Scientific American) place the total closer to 117 billion people (2026).

Current Population Share:

With global population surpassing 8 billion, roughly 7% of all human beings who have ever lived are alive today.

Entertaining Mistaken Beliefs

Aside – Hypothesis – Dead people write scripts for the living.
Aside – Hypothesis – Some people leave Earth space-time.
Aside – Hypothesis – San Francisco is the Earth exodus point.

Assessment Centered on Brand New Day by Keith Torkelson MS, BS VHealth

Contents

Requirements
Quality Assurance Update – Clinical Quality Measure – Acronyms
FYI - Measure Sources – For CMS Stars Ratings (Slide 10)
Calculation
Assessing Quality Of Life (QOL)
QOL Screener Results - Quality Of Life (QOL-BND-15 Item)
Consumer Rated Satisfaction Survey(s) – BND & OCHCA
Consumer Rated Satisfaction Survey(s) – Sample Results (26 Items)
Planning and Assessment
Risk Management – General
Inventory - Risk Management - Condition Specific
Completing the Inventory - Process Indicators
Hot Off the Press – Capturing the Consumer Experience

Translating Legacy GAF Scores to SOFAS

Calculations

Reviewing Assessment Conversion Factors (ACFs) – Just for Fun

55.0-GAFS * 0.95-SOFAS / GAFS = 52.3 SOFAS (%)

65.0-QOLS * 0.87-ProQOLS / QOLs = 56.6 ProQOLS (%)

77.0-WHOQOL-BREF * 0.80-ProQOLS / 1 WHOQOL-BREF = 61.6 ProQOLs (%)

QOL Screener Results - Quality Of Life (QOL-BND-15 Item)
Assessment Results for Keith Torkelson, M.Sci.
High Resolution Longitudinal Process Measures for Quality of Life (QOL-15)
Last Update: 20261109-M: QOL Reporting.
BL = Baseline | RT = Real Time | Ӿ = Average

Consumer Rated Satisfaction Survey(s) – BND & OCHCA
Discover the Tools - These are process measures for consumer Satisfaction
Last Reviewed: 20170802-W: BND Satisfaction Surveys are received direct From Corporate
BND measures Contributes to the CMS assigned annual Stars Score

Apply the Tools
Consumer Rated Satisfaction Survey(s) – Sample Results (26 Items)
Last Reviewed: 20170908-F: Satisfaction Results
Assessment Received Direct From Corporate

Planning and Assessment
Inventory - Planning Documents
By elimination these are all Process Measures
Last Reviewed: 20170730-SUN: Brand New Day Planning Documents

Risk Management – General
All Administered by BND Corporate – Received by US Mail
Last Reviewed: 20170714-F:
Brand New Day’s Health Risk Assessment (HRA) Devolution.

Inventory - Risk Management - Condition Specific

Last Reviewed: 20170714-F:

CMP = Care Management Program | RNR = Results Not Returned | RND = Results Not Discussed

Metadata: Assess_MEE_17072603_MSG Beta (LiveX)
Hot Off the Press – Capturing the Consumer Experience
Buster rates others
Source File: Email_17072101_SPHA CAHPS MIPS
Member Experience Evaluation (MEE-MSG 12 Derived Screener)
Last Reviewed: 20170725-TU: Expect Little Improvement about Next Appointment

We were wrong because we were assigned a different practitioner (Physician Assistant Substitute or PAS).

“The core survey includes 80 questions broken out by the following 12 Summary Survey Measures”

Housing Priority Indicators Measurement by KE Torkelson MS Et.al. (2026) VHealth

Contents

Requirements
Legend
Assessments for use by the Housing Advisory Board
Results up Front
Interpretation
Images
Basics Sleep, Peace and Harmony
Shanks Truck Stop sharing with Theodore Francis (TF)
Indications of a Good House (12 Items) – Shanks Truck Stop
Harvest Retirement sharing with John Baer (JB) – Interim
Housing Centered Primary Priority Indicators – Interim
Harvest Retirement sharing with Solo
Buster rates current arrangement centered about Solo

Legend

HSF = Higher Scores are Favorable
JB = John Baer
H&HS = Health & Human Services
HSF = High Scores are Favorable
LA = Living Arrangements
QSM = Quick Score Method
RT = Real Time
SW = Share (d) With
TF = Theodore “Ted” Francis

Assessments for use by the Housing Advisory Board

In Room Priority Indicators – Screener 12
Housing Solutions Bundle - For Housing Advisory Board Element (HAB)
Buster rates past and current arrangement

In and About Home Priority Indicators – Screener 12
Housing Solutions Bundle - For Housing Advisory Board Element (HAB)
Buster rates past and current arrangement

Good Bed - Room Indicators Score (12 Items) (HSF)
Indications of a Good House (12 Items) (HSF)

Results up Front

Interpretation

>All values seem to stand the test of time except July 10, 2023 82.5% is substantially too high. It was miserable sharing with Ted. Ted was a bully. We tried our best to stay away from home to give him space to recover. In November of 2023 Ted was admitted to Global’s Psych Ward. We visited him. They released him with ineffective medication. He was showing signs of psychosis. He interfered with Buster’s sleep. In January of 2024 Buster had to go to the Psych Ward. In 2024 Ted was reported dead. In 2025, JB or John Baer was a great roommate and an excellent match for Buster. Unfortunately JB died. Buster lived with Doug A. Rochwell yet Doug had sleeping issues and would moan loudly. Buster has been living solo for a few months now. The roommate uncertainty wears on Buster.

Ted was talking to the stuffed animal

He died soon after this photo was taken

Basics Sleep, Peace and Harmony

Achieving deep sleep, inner peace, and mental harmony relies on combining solid biological sleep hygiene with mindfulness practices that quiet an overactive mind. Balancing your physical routine with mental relaxation helps transition the nervous system from daytime stress into a restorative state of rest.

The Biological Basics of Sleep

To cultivate harmony, it helps to understand what your body requires for optimal recovery:

Duration:

Most adults require between 7 and 8 hours of continuous sleep per night.

Sleep Architecture:

A healthy night's sleep is ideally split into distinct cycles, with roughly 25% spent in deep sleep (for physical recovery) and 25% in REM sleep (for mental and emotional processing).

Health Benefits:

Proper sleep actively strengthens your immune system, flushes out metabolic waste, deletes irrelevant sensory data, and integrates new learning.

Mental Alignment:

Cultivating Peace & Harmony

If stress or overthinking keeps you awake, sound and mindfulness techniques can shift your brainwaves into a sleep-ready state:

Binaural Beats:

Listening to low-frequency tones—specifically Delta waves (around 2.2Hz to 3.2Hz)—promotes brainwave entrainment, mimicking the deepest stages of natural sleep to reduce acute anxiety.

Solfeggio Frequencies:

Frequencies like 528Hz are traditionally utilized in relaxation soundscapes to encourage mental clarity, deep inner peace, and cellular harmony.

Guided Visualizations:

Mentally walking through a cool, damp, ancient forest or resting in a quiet field helps anchor your focus on the present moment, systematically releasing physical tension from your shoulders, neck, and mind.

Optimizing Your Sleep Environment

Your physical surroundings act as the final cue to your brain that it is safe to let go of the day:

Dim the Lights:

Eliminate smartphones, tablets, and computers at least one hour before bedtime to prevent blue light from suppressing your natural melatonin production.

Set the Climate:

Keep your bedroom cool, clean, and well-ventilated to assist the body's natural temperature drop during sleep.

Sensory Tools:

Consider combining ambient noise with a contoured sleep mask or utilizing calming scents like natural lavender to mask environmental distractions.

Shanks Truck Stop sharing with Theodore Francis (TF)

In Room Priority Indicators

For Housing Advisory Board Element (HAB)

Rated by and for Buster

Good Bed - Room Indicators Score (12 Items) (HSF)

Last Reviewed: 20230717-M: M6ON-A Day: QSM = Quick Score Method