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Self Regulation - Alison Schroeder (notes) - PLD Session with Steve and Sandra

How the Brain Works 

 Power Point from Sandra / Steve

Unlearning things can prove really difficult for our kids who have been "pre-programmed by what has happened to them in their first few years."

It takes 90 times of repetition to learn new things.   Calm and ready to learn conditions are necessary.

Children has more neuroplasticity than adults.

website - smarter everyday.
http://www.smartereveryday.com/about/

 Self Regulation

Definition: Reducing the frequency and intensity of strong impulses by managing stress-load and recovery.     Self regulation makes self control possible.

Children experiencing difficulty - caregivers emotional reactivity, enviro, physical.

What going on under the behaviour - can be some or many of these things social/emotional competence, cogn/academic, communication, self-regulation and sensor-motor functioning.

How do we teach children to regulate emotions?
cool videos online "second step programme" encouraging children to label what they are feeling when they are experiencing emotion.

Ideas to do with the kids

Teach them about the brain
ID and label emotions - emotional thermometer
Mindfulness activities / Breathing
Weight exercises, fidgets
Self Talk
Stop - name feelings - calm

Sensory Systems
Proprioception - knowing what your body is doing in space
Vestibular - balance
Interoception - knowing how your body is inside

More ideas

Brain breaks - 1 min with the whole class

Provide calming or alerting activities depending on the need

Teach students to "read the room" so they know how to react when they enter
Playing lots of games - turn taking, rules, winning/losing
Social smarts - encouraging empathy
Social thinking - is flexible thinking

What did you do today that made me have good thought about you?










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