The Zones of Regulation is a curriculum full of a range of activities to help your child develop skills in the area of self-regulation. Self-regulation can go by many names, such as self-control, self-management and impulse control. It is defined as the best state of alertness of both the body and emotions for the specific situation. For example, when your child plays in a basketball game, it is beneficial to have a higher state of alertness. However, that same state would not be appropriate in the library.
Some of the aims of The Zones of Regulation programme:
• To help children recognise when they are in the different Zones and how to change or stay in the Zone they are in.
• To gain an increased vocabulary of emotional terms so that they can explain how they are feeling.
• To gain insight into events that might make them move into the different Zones eg. disagreement with a friend, a certain subject being taught or a fire drill.
• To help children understand that emotions, sensory experiences, physiological needs (eg. hunger/lack of sleep) and environments can influence which Zone they are in.
• To develop problem-solving skills.
• To identify a range of different calming and alerting strategies/tools that support them. Tools identified may be personalised sensory supports, calming techniques or thinking strategies.
You can see our pupils participating in the morning 'check in' here.
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