Zones of Regulation

Description

The Zones of Regulation is a curriculum geared toward helping students gain
skills in consciously regulating their actions, which in turn leads to
increased control and problem solving abilities. Using a cognitive behavior
approach, the curriculum’s learning activities are designed to help students
recognize when they are in different states called “zones,” with each of four
zones represented by a different color. In the activities, students also learn
how to use strategies or tools to stay in a zone or move from one to another.
Students explore calming techniques, cognitive strategies, and sensory
supports so they will have a toolbox of methods to use to move between zones.
To deepen students’ understanding of how to self-regulate, the lessons set out
to teach students these skills: how to read others’ facial expressions and
recognize a broader range of emotions, perspective about how others see and
react to their behavior, insight into events that trigger their less regulated
states, and when and how to use tools and problem solving skills. The
curriculum’s learning activities are presented in 18 lessons. To reinforce the
concepts being taught, each lesson includes probing questions to discuss and
instructions for one or more learning activities. Many lessons offer extension
activities and ways to adapt the activity for individual student needs. The
curriculum also includes worksheets, other handouts, and visuals to display
and share. These can be photocopied from this book or printed from the
accompanying USB. The curriculum is designed to be taught by anyone who works
with students who struggle with self-regulation. This can include special
education and regular education teachers, occupational therapists, speech and
language pathologists, psychologists, counselors, behaviorists, social
workers, and parents. Throughout the text, the user is referred to as
“teacher”; however, this does not mean you need to be a classroom teacher to
teach the lessons. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Think Social Publishing (January 1, 2011)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0982523165
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 62
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
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