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Zones of Regulation
The Zones of Regulation is an evidence-based curriculum designed to teach children to identify their feelings and levels of alertness using four concrete, color coded zones. This system provides a foundation of expressive language, helps develop effective regulation tools, helps determine how to problem solve positive solutions, and helps children understand how their behavior influences others’ thoughts & feelings.
Goals:
- Students become familiar with the concept of The Zones
- Students increase emotions vocabulary
- Students increase recognition of facial expressions
Activity: Create Wall Poster/Categorize emotions in book
Goals:
- Students learn to identify the zones in themselves
- Students learn it is natural and expected to experience all of the zones given different situations/ environments
- Students increase their awareness of how external factors, such as what is happening, who is near them and where they are, impact what zone they experience
Activity: Zones Scenarios Activity & ‘How Do I Feel?’ Book Activity
Goals:
- Students gain awareness of how others perceive them in the different zones
- Students learn that their behavior can change and affect others’ thoughts, feelings, and zones
- Students reflect on the positive and negative impacts of regulating their zone to the demands of the environment and situation
Activity: Understanding Different Perspectives worksheet
Goals:
- Students gain an increased awareness of how they feel and look in each zone
- Students improve their ability to identify which zone they are in
- Students learn to identify how their zones can affect others and what
- Students explore tools they can use to help them feel better
Activity: Me in My Zones drawing activity & build toolbox
Goals:
- Students understand that different events change the way they are feeling
- Parents will have a basic knowledge of Zones concepts
- Students share their understanding of the Zones concepts with their parents and explore how their zones might affect each other.
Activity: Students share the biggest thing they have learned from the group. Parents will also receive information on zones and ask their own questions