The Zones of Regulation is a concept used to help students learn how to self-regulate. The Zones of Regulation creates a system to categorize how the body feels and emotions into four colored zones with which the students can easily identify.
What are the Zones of Regulation?
Blue Zone: Used to describe a low state of alertness. The Blue Zone is used to describe when one feels sad, tired,
sick, or bored.
Green Zone: Used to describe the ideal state of alertness. A person may be described as calm, happy, focused,
or content when he or she is in the Green Zone. The student feels a strong sense of internal control when in
the Green Zone.
Yellow Zone: Used to describe a heightened state of alertness. A person may be experiencing stress, frustration,
anxiety, excitement, silliness, or fear when in the Yellow Zone. The student’s energy is elevated yet he or she
feels some sense of internal control in the Yellow Zone.
Red Zone: Used to describe an extremely heightened state of alertness. A person may be experiencing anger, rage, explosive behavior, panic, extreme grief, terror, or elation when in the Red Zone and feels a loss of control.
More information is available on the "Zones Resources" link here!
Below is a letter provided by the creator of the The ZONES of Regulation to introduce families to this framework.
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Introduction to Zones.pdfZones letter SPANISH official.pdf