November Classroom Lessons...

The Zones of Regulation and Strategies to Support Them

In counseling lessons we continued to review the Zones of Regulation. While last month our focus was on identifying feelings and the zones they fit into, this month we put emphasis on self regulation strategies. Once students are effectively able to name their feelings they can choose appropriate strategies to help themselves feel better or move into the zone that helps them best in that moment. We teach these strategies best to our young students by modeling them and also explicitly teaching them when they are in a calm state. As with all skills, we need to practice these strategies to develop them before we can put them into use. 

Coming up next month...

Kelso's Choices!