Friday, February 16, 2018

Zones of Regulation Supporting Materials

Link to Inside Out Pictures and Labels:
It sits next to our coin reward chart and our number corner charts.

Typically, my crafting happens around the house. However, over winter break, we tweaked something in my classroom that has really helped the emotional growth and regulation of my students as we've introduced the curriculum Zones of Regulation. Everything we've been able to utilize, I've been able to find free resources for online. Below, I've included the links for each one. The only thing that cost us money was the calming area, which my husband built for less than $40. Our PTA was so wonderful to donate the pillows, bean bags and times to go with it. A special thank you to those that are willing to share their resources for free!

One day, it will all be matchy-matchy but for now we are just getting started. 

We've been using picture schedules for years. This one has been my favorite. If you print them four to a page, they are perfect size for a clip board/binder schedule.



Each day as we introduced a different zone, we watched a 'attention getter' clip, modeled the behavior and then filled out a "The Way I'm Feeling" paper for the zone.








On the fifth day, we talked about activities we can do to get back to the Green Zone. We laid it out like a game of Charades.



This is our new motto (and reminder) for the year.  Reinforcing positive behaviors to replace unwanted behaviors is a more powerful tool than using negative consequences to change behavior. We strive for the 6:1 (high fives, kind words, cheerleading smiles, thumbs up, class coins, PBIS tickets, anything!). We also strive to 'sit and engage', our own replacement behavior for 'stand and command', which can get tricky during unstructured group times.

As I find more materials, I'll try and add them to this post. On my Instagram account, I've also included a couple pictures of how we use our picture schedule in a variety of ways, @rainydaycraftess. One key thing we do each day is remind them that blue and red are not bad zones, it's just some of the things we do when we are in them and that is why we like to go back to green and then each day we go over each student's plan of how they will get back to green. Next, we hope to introduce a visual/tactile way for them to show the zone they are in. 

Good luck and feel free to ask any question! 

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