This sheet gives a few tips and tricks to help students see the importance of taking care of themselves, and gives them some suggestions of where to start!
Deep breathing is a great way to calm the body and help a child focus. This document has several different ways to take deep breaths while making it fun.
Copy of Back To School Freebie 2 - Breathing Tracers - Counselor Keri.pdf
Back To School Freebie 5 - Yoga Cards - Counselor Keri.pdfYoga is a great way to exercise your body without raising your heart rate (at least with these poses). When a child is dysregulated they need to find a way to get rid of excess energy, yoga is a great way to calm the body, while burning excess energy. It can also help the child feel more focused.
These cards have several different strategies on them. They are great for cutting out and having them on a desk or in their pencil boxes to try when they are feeling dysregulated.
Calming Skills Coping Cards.pdfThis article from Counselor Keri lists different grounding techniques. Grounding techniques are used to help a person reset and reconnect to their surroundings. This can help them take their mind off of their big feelings they are having!
Coloring is a great way to distract your brain and help your body start to calm down. Download these if you want a fun design!
Simple Mandalas to color to Calm.pdf