ACT

Below are a variety of resources that may be helpful when using Acceptance and Commitment Tranining with students

De-escalation Techniques

• Deep Breathing- take 5-10 slow deep breaths. Inhale like you are smelling a flower, exhale like you are blowing out candles.

• Brain high-five AKA grounding technique (5 things you see, 4 hear, 3 feel, 2 smell, 1 taste, to bring you back to the present moment).

Grounding

Printable Resources 

• Values and Goals Worksheet to identify their values and create steps to reach goals to align their actions with their values. 

• Values List

• The ACT Matrix Reflection Sheet to guide their discussions/to reflect on past actions.

  • A more in-depth video explaining the ACT Matrix

Helpful Videos

• Grounding Excercises

• Childhood trauma and the brain 

• Coping with scary and distressing memories

• Why do we lose control of our emotions

• Mindfulness

• You are not your thoughts

• How to identify your values

• Living in the present moment

Anxiety Explained

• 3 main reasons you have panic attacks

Anxiety Skills Playlist there are a ton of helpful videos on this playlist.