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The main goal when a student is becoming emotionally and/or physically escalated is to keep everyone safe. The best way to do that is to use effective strategies to prevent the student from escalating further and help them to de-escalate from their current state. Below are some resources to use with students who are becoming or are already escalated.
Calm Down Cards:
Grounding Techniques:
EmojiFeelingChart.docxResearch has shown that by simply labeling our emotions (called "affect labeling"), negative or positive, it activates areas of the prefrontal cortex that are responsible for rational decision- making while de-activating the Amygdala, which is responsible for our fight-flight responses.
Classroom Resources:
EverydaySpeechAnxiety.pdfThis is a great calming corner bulletin board starter kit to use in your classroom from Everyday Speech.
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