Week of May 11th, 2020

Last week we talked about about Social Emotional Learning and focused on Self Regulation.  We shared information about how we teach about Self Regulation at RES and the about the Zones of Regulation program.

This week we will share more strategies and tools you can use to help develop Self-Regulation skills.
An effective way to help with Self Regulation is to change the sensory input someone is getting when they are in the yellow or red zone.  So changing what you are hearing by playing music you enjoy or changing what you are feeling physically by giving yourself a nice hug/squeeze or changing what you are seeing by looking at pictures that bring happy thoughts to mind.

One tool you can use is a Happy Book (or poster).  A Happy Book is a short scrap book that includes pictures of favorite things, people, places, food, activities... Really a picture of anything that brings a smile to your face and happy thoughts to your mind.  Here is a short video that shares more information about Happy Books.

In the link section on the right you'll find more information and tools to help build self regulation skills.  We hope this information is helpful during this time (and all times)!  If you have questions, are looking for more resources or would like to connect with someone from school please let us know!