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This month we will discuss the acclaimed Zones of Regulation® program and dovetailing with narrative instruction through Story Grammar Marker®. All students must develop self-regulation skills for living and learning, an area defined by author Leah Kuypers as “the best state of alertness of both the body and emotions for the specific situation” (Kuypers, 2011). However, students with language-learning disorders and autism spectrum and related disorders can exhibit more significant struggles with managing their mind and body given their communication needs, as well as other factors such as sensory processing...
Coaching parents and educators on disarming communication and social-emotional regulation to support the brain and growing children.
I have a confession---when I see something good, I take it and use it. I don't like to recreate the wheel, and I'm really not all that creative. I also work with people that are very hard-working and creative, so when I stepped into my co-worker's office (Heather Petrusa, SLP) and saw this homemade self-regulation scale, I grabbed it (with her permission) and told her that this was worth using and sharing with all of my blogging friends! She said that our mutual friend, an autism itinerant teacher, Leah Wilson, was actually the one who created it, and she (Heather) just tweaked it. I'm sure Leah won't mind sharing, so here it is! Anyone who works with children with autism knows the difficulties in regulating emotions. Within an hour, a child can go from 'sleepy' to 'boiling' and not have strategies to get to the 'green' area. I liked this scale that Heather and Leah developed because it integrated elements from the 'How does your engine run?' program with emotional states and specific strategies (worded with 1st person statements encouraging more independence with handling regulation in the classroom.) A therapist and teacher can use this scale to first teach emotions, strategies, and self-reflection, and then teach the child to apply these in the classroom. So---thanks Heather and Leah! I'm so happy to work with you! I'm sure your kids are too! To download in Boardmaker, click here! (You can then edit to fit your child's particular needs) To download in pdf, click here! .
Engage your students in unique and effective writing activities with these Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Skills Self Regulation Idioms Activities. This resource was designed for my occupational therapy students as an interactive way to address their social emotional learning and handwriting goals. Perfect for both teachers and therapists, this resource offers a creative approach to help students improve their self-regulation skills and recognize their emotions. When is a good time to use this resource? During writing sessions to engage reluctant writers In occupational therapy activities for bilateral hand use and fine motor skills To manage classroom behavior and build social-emotional intelligence To provide a stress break and lower anxiety What is included in the PDF? Spin and discuss Situation: 2 boards with 12 situations for students to spin and describe the character's feelings or Zones. Spin a Situation: 2 spinner boards for students to spin, label the Zone/state, give an example emotion, and discuss situations. Roll an Idiom: 4 boards with 12 characters and 24 idioms for students to roll a die, discuss idioms, and write about the character's feelings. Cut and Paste Sentence Strips: Sentences from the roll an idiom boards for additional practice and models. 3 Blank Boards: Customize your own activities and ideas. What skills are students working on with this resource? Writing and describing emotions or Zones Recognizing and understanding idioms and expressions Building social-emotional intelligence and self-regulation skills Encouraging discussions about characters, situations, and feelings Key Features: Incorporates a spinner for engaging and interactive activities Flexible use with multiple boards for variation Writing prompts for each activity to guide students Includes black and white options for cost-effective printing Teachers and therapists, take a moment to explore the preview to see the full range of activities included in this SEL Self Regulation Idioms resource. Teach Emotional Regulation, a tool needed to be successful in school and in life. Use these idiom themed activities as an adjunct to any self-regulation/behavior/social emotional learning curriculum (ZONEs of regulation™, SEL™, PBIS™, How Does Your Engine Run™...) for fun ways to review and master the material. Note: This file is an independent product and is not affiliated with Think Social Publishing, Inc. or Leah Kuypers, author of The Zones of Regulation. Click the star to follow my Creative COTA store. You will receive emails about new resources. Purchase new resources within the first 48 hours of upload and receive 50% off! Thank you. Please consider rating all downloaded resources. Providing a rating for paid resources will earn you TpT credits. Credits can be used toward your future purchases on TpT. Your ratings are helpful when creating new products and I can also update any current product based on your feedback. I hope that you are extremely satisfied and feel you can give the product a 5-star rating. If not, please send me a question/comment if there is something I can do to improve your downloaded purchase. Go to your My Purchases page now to provide a review of resources you have purchased. Sales, ratings, and new followers make my day. Thank you in advance for your time. [email protected]
12 interactive and fun games to teach self-control and build self-regulation skills for kids and teens. Strong skills for self-control are the foundation for success in and outside of the classroom.
Understanding Executive Functioning Checklists are often used to help students who struggle with executive functioning, but research shows that pairing pictures with lists is critical to their effectiveness. Executive functioning is a key to students' success
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Zones of Regulation Feelings Chart Emotions Chart Self Feelings Wheel Regulation Feelings School Psychologist Play Therapy Growth Mindset School Counsellor Emotions Wheel Emotional Regulation This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD only. No printed materials will be sent to you. You are able to download, print and hang your new wall art today! *** WHAT YOU GET *** [] 1 JPG high resolution in 16 x 20 inches [] 1 JPG high resolution in 11 x 14 inches [] 1 JPG high resolution in 18 x 24 inches [] 1 JPG high resolution in 24 x 36 inches [] 1 JPG high resolution in 5 x 7 inches You can print them in bigger or smaller sizes based on the ratios provided. *** HOW IT WORKS *** Once the payment has been received. You can download you files straight away. *** HOW TO PRINT *** You can print from home or office printer, or from a printing shop. There are many online printing websites too. If you are printing at home use matte and heavy weight printing. *** IMPORTANT BITS *** If you are printing at home, please use thick card, set your printer to actual size or 100%. The colours on your monitor screen may differ from the printed image. It depends on the model and type of printer too. You can print these as many times as you like. But please DO NOT share these designs commercially or sell on. *** REFUNDS, RETURNS OR EXCHANGES *** Please review carefully before purchasing. As this is a digital file, I do not offer any cancellations, refunds, returns of exchanges. But if you have any questions or issues, please do reach out! I hope you love this artwork and it will brighten your home, school or office! Thanks for visiting and purchasing. Nav
Julie Principe is a District Learning Support Teacher who supports educators who in turn work with many kinds of learners, Kindergarten to Grade 12. She works with educators to help children learn about their Social and Emotional well-being. Developing an understanding of our social-emotional selves is fundamental to inclusion. She has been exploring: the Zones of Regulation framework, the Self-Regulation Foundations courses taught by Dr. Stuart Shanker and Dr. Susan Hopkins, the Mindful Educators course with mindfulschools.org, and the SCERTS Model for Social Communication, Emotional Regulation and Transactional Supports.
Everything about emotion regulation in dialectical behaviour therapy.
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I have recently created a Minecraft 5 Point Scale to help my son learn to self-regulate. It has been working awesome and it helps him be mor...
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Some time back, I noticed posters like this in our school hallways. I found out from learning support that they were to help the children learn self-regulation. The posters were based on a con…
10 FUN self control games to practice self regulation skills in children - the games require no equipment or preparation. They make great brain breaks too!
I used to regularly have my students identify their feelings at the beginning of social groups. What I found was that many of my kids on the Autism Spectrum had immense difficulty identifying anything other than feeling happy... or mad... When I delved deeper I realized the problem was that they didn't know what feelings felt like in their bodies. It became more important to me that they identify how their bodies felt and how that related to being ready to learn. After developing the skill of analyzing their own bodies, we could move into explicit instruction in labeling the feelings that are frequently attached to those physical feelings. I came up with a tool that we use daily called the Learning Zone. I ask the students to check how their bodies feel on a spectrum that ranges from low energy states to high energy states. The visual tool helps teach the students that there is a range of states that can still encompass being in the "Learning Zone". Too many times I had students who felt like they couldn't pay attention in a group because they weren't "happy". This tool shows that you don't have to be in a perfect place in order to attend to the group. If your physical state is outside the Learning Zone, then you must take steps to bring yourself back into the Learning Zone. This encourages the students to actively use strategies to help regulate their bodies. I had the poster professionally printed pretty inexpensively through our school district's media center. I added a strip of velcro down the side of the spectrum, printed out small laminated cardstock name tags and put adhesive velcro on those. The kids know that when the come into the classroom they are to "check in" at the Learning Zone visual, choose an appropriate activity that will help them either stay in the Learning Zone or choose an activity that will help them get into the Learning Zone (gross motor to increase energy or something calming if they are overly excited). After their Sensory Break, they re-check in at the poster to see if they regulated their bodies. When I introduce the concept of the Learning Zone, we spend a session or two exploring the different tools available in the Sensory Break Center (pics to come soon!). The kids are given a survey sheet where they try various tools and mark whether it helps them have more energy, less energy, or no change. These become their sensory "menus" when they need to choose a tool. I will post pictures soon of the Sensory Break Center and will hunt down a copy of that survey! I have a list a mile long of all the books I intend to write and the Learning Zone is on that list, but school and children and cats and dogs and church and Boy Scouts and writing the great American novel and Mr. Hively came first! In the meantime, a great book has come out called The Zones of Regulation by Leah Kuypers. We have since combined the use of my Learning Zone tool to be used in conjunction with the Zones of Regulation. It is a perfect fit! One of these days I'll get my book put together, but until then I encourage you to think about ways you can use this tool in your practice and to check out The Zones of Regulation. Cheers! ~ Kelley
Superflex teaches kids they can be a superhero if they use flexible thinking strategies to self-regulate. When sneaky characters called Unthinkables visit our brains and push us toward socially unexpected behavior, children use their strategies to defeat the Unthinkables and steer themselves back on the pro-social track. Learn about this positive, motivating program to teach self-regulation!
Some time back, I noticed posters like this in our school hallways. I found out from learning support that they were to help the children learn self-regulation. The posters were based on a con…
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