Mindfulness & Well-Being

Teaching emotion management and self-regulation is a large focus of REACCH. Using the Zones of Regulation, students are able to recognize their emotions based on the zone it corresponds with and utilize calming and coping strategies to help them regulate themselves. Zones of Regulation 101

Check out The Zones of Regulation website for more information and how you can build common language at home. The links below are great additional resources to help teach mindfulness and other calming techniques.

• Brain Breaks and Mindful Movement for Kids

• Calm- Breathing Exercises

• Cosmic Kids Yoga

• Destress Monday

• Eating Well for Mental Health

• Greenfield Counseling Interactive Calming Corner

• The New York Times- Mindfulness for Children

• Tibetan Healing Sounds with Singing Bowls

• Yoga with Adriene