PRINCIPAL GUARINO'S NOVEMBER UPDATE - Click below
PRINCIPAL GUARINO'S NOVEMBER UPDATE - Click below
Happy November!!!
This month we are acknowledging how grateful we are for our SCHOOL NURSES- they go above and beyond what is expected because they love what they do! We are fortunate to have on staff an EXTRAORDINARY group of professionals that are compassionate and understanding while they care for all and keep us safe.
THANK YOU to these truly amazing professionals!!!
Mrs. Karen Breaen, Mrs. Carla Constanza, Mrs. Margaret Donohue, Ms. Kelly Williams
*UNDERSTANDING*
how someone is feeling
ZONES OF REGULATION provides strategies to teach students to become more aware of and independent in controlling their emotions and impulses, manage their sensory needs, and improve their ability to problem solve conflicts.
GREEN ZONE
The Green zone is the goal zone.
Students in the Green zone are feeling alert, happy, and focused.
A positive mindset puts you in the GREEN ZONE!
RED ZONE
Children learn that anger is an expected emotion. They learn how to control their anger using different tools to calm down.
Ask your child what tool they use when they get angry.
BLUE ZONE
Students learn how to use strategies or tools to stay in a zone or move from one to another. To move from the BLUE ZONE to the GREEN ZONE they might...
The more tools they try, the better equipped they are to handle their emotions.
YELLOW ZONE
Taking action, solving problems, using positive self talk - skills students develop with practice.
ASK: How do you want to solve your problem?
REMIND : You have the tools/strategies...
What can you try?