Course Syllabus
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. -Charles Swindoll
Our Focus in the Resource Room:
Self-regulation is something everyone continually works on, whether we are cognizant of it or not. We all encounter trying circumstances that test our limits from time to time. If we are able to recognize when we are becoming less regulated, we are able to do something about it to feel better and get ourselves to a better place. This comes naturally for some, but for others it is a skill that needs to be taught and practiced. This is the goal of The Zones of Regulation (or Zones for short).
The Zones of Regulation are what we teach kids about managing their emotions and actions across all school settings, but it is taught and reinforced in small-group or individual sessions.
The Four Zones: Our Feelings & States Determine Our Zone
The Yellow Zone is also used to describe a heightened state of alertness and elevated emotions; however, one has some control when they are in the Yellow Zone. A person may be experiencing stress, frustration, anxiety, excitement, silliness, the wiggles, or nervousness when in the Yellow Zone.
The Green Zone is used to describe a calm state of alertness. A person may be described as happy, focused, content, or ready to learn when in the Green Zone. This is the zone where optimal learning occurs.
The Blue Zone is used to describe low states of alertness and down feelings, such as when one feels sad, tired, sick, or bored.
The Zones can be compared to traffic signs. When given a green light or in the Green Zone, one is “good to go”. A yellow sign means be aware or take caution, which applies to the Yellow Zone. A red light or stop sign means stop, and when one is the Red Zone, this often is the case. The Blue Zone can be compared to the rest area signs where one goes to rest or re-energize. All of the zones are expected at one time or another, but the curriculum focuses on teaching students how to manage their Zone based on the environment and people around them. For example, when playing on the playground or in an active/competitive game, no one would think twice about one being in the Yellow Zone but that would not be same in the library.
Resources within the Resource Room:
Social Skills and Emotional Management Lesson Plans are done using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Group and individual sessions occur based on goals and objectives in students' IEPs. Lessons are delivered through traditional conversation as well as play-based activities.
A bouncing board, fidgets, stress balls, trampolines, rolling wheel, wedge seats, and more are available to aide in improving self-regulation.
Encouraging Positive Behavior!
To create and foster life-long positive behavior, ClassDojo is utilized to manage and encourage student behaviors.
Why ClassDojo?
ClassDojo’s mission is to reinvent classrooms by bringing teachers, students and parents closer together. Teachers use ClassDojo as a communication platform to encourage students, and get parents engaged too. Classrooms become positive places - which means there's no more ‘classroom management’. Just happier classrooms
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