Do you know kids who struggle with friendships because of emotional reactions?
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Are you struggling with kids who don’t respond to your behaviour plans?
Anxiety needs super powers of “just give yourself a hug’ or ‘make a worry box’
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“The Kids Guide to Staying Awesome and in Control” helps children create a menu to use for self- regulation. I highly recommend students create a menu to use when sent to “take a break/ time out” areas. See below for more information
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Too often children are expected to regulate emotions without actually being taught what to do, and that they need to practice control just like any other skill (reading, sport, etc.) The book teaches children to use their super powers – breathing, words, mantra, give yourself a hug, and more. Talking to your whole class about what helps them calm when upset, angry, disappointed, tired, etc. additionally helps ALL children understand that we all regulate our behaviour differently, and why staff use a range of different strategies to support students. (For example: Why use sensory tools to calm)
Although aimed at 4-7 year olds this is a GREAT resource for every classroom and home. Great pictures you can put up around the classroom for ALL kids.
I love the timesaver proformas and pictures ready to use.
It is important to help children learn about ways to regulate their emotions and senses. As part of class discussions on rules, expectations and consequences we can include proactive strategies that ALL children can use when they are feeling “slow and tired, fast and emotional, or fast and wiggly.” A wonderful book The Kids’ Guide to Staying Awesome and in Control explains all these feelings and what to do. Packed with great ideas to regulate their emotions and senses, this book will help children tackle difficult feelings head-on and feel awesome and in control. From breathing exercises, pressure holds, jumping jacks, arm massage, anywhere body breaks and much more. Talking to your whole class about what helps them calm when upset, angry, disappointed, tired etc. additionally helps ALL children understand we all regulate our behaviour differently, and why staff use a range of different strategies to support students.
This is a GREAT resource for every classroom. Great pictures you can put up around classroom for ALL kids.