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Zones of Regulation for Parents & Carers

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A page for people to share resources and ideas based on the Zones of Regulation

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This group is based on the original work The Zones of Regulation (R) by Leah Kuypers (2011, Social Thinking Publishing). It is a community page for therapists, educators, mental health...

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Toolbox area for children to go and select a tool to help depending on their zone.

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Toolbox area for children to go and select a tool to help depending on their zone.

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#SHORTS | Calm Things down with 5 Finger Breathing

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ANXIETY/ANGER - Using Slow-Low-Low to calm things down

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The Zones of Regulation: Tools to Try Cards for Kids

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The Zones of Regulation: Tools to Try Cards for Kids

Regulation Strategies to Focus, Calm, Think, Move, Breathe, and Connect

Authors: Leah Kuypers, Elizabeth Sautter

Learning to self-regulate our Zones is hard, serious work that takes time and lots of practice. Tools to Try Cards for Kids includes 4"x 6" tool cards and is an easy, user-friendly way to introduce over 50 self-regulation strategies to kids ages 5-10 and empower them to make choices toward figuring out what works best for them. For best teaching practice, the strategy card deck should be used in tandem with lessons introducing tools for use with Zones from Chapter 4 in the curriculum book, The Zones of Regulation, as well as paired with other related products, such as Navigating The Zones.

What's in the Tools to Try for Kids strategy deck
Housed in a sturdy two-piece cardboard box, the card deck includes 4"x 6" strategy cards (51) and information and instruction cards (7) for the interventionist, and weighs just 0.626lbs. The two-sided strategy cards are divided into five colour-coded categories to show how the tools work in different ways to help social emotional learners self-regulate feelings and emotions:

FEEL IT These tools use our senses to support self-regulation and modulation.
MOVE IT These tools integrate physical activity to impact self-regulation and reduce anxiety.
THINK IT These tools provide thought-based strategies to help us self-regulate. DO IT Task and goal-oriented tools involve taking action.
DO IT Task and goal-oriented tools involve taking action.
CONNECT Co-regulation tools encourage empathy, thinking of others, and accessing relationships for support.

Each strategy card displays an illustration of the self-regulation tool performed by inclusive characters on one side and a how-to-do-it description on the reverse. Each card includes a metacognitive self-reflection where kids consider how they feel after using the tool, how it can be used to help them regulate their Zones, and decide whether it's the right tool for them.

Ages 5-10

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The Zones of Regulation: Tools to Try Cards for Kids Product Code: ISBN 13: 978-1936943562 Regulation Strategies to Focus, Calm, Think, Move, Breathe, and Connect Authors: Leah Kuypers, Elizabeth Sautter Learning to self-regulate our Zones is hard, serious work that takes time and lots of practice.

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Tilda Tries Again: A Big Bright Feelings Book

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A Little SPOT of Sadness: A Story About Empathy And Compassion (Inspire to Create A Better You!)

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A Little Spot of Confidence (Green Zone)

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A Little SPOT of Confidence: A Story About Believing In Yourself

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A Little SPOT of Feelings: Emotion Detective

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A Little Spot of Frustration (Yellow Zone)

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A Little SPOT of Frustration: A Story about Self-Control (Inspire to Create A Better You!)

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Does your child become easily frustrated? Is their reaction not matching the problem? A little SPOT of Frustration is a fun, colorful book that helps a child learn how to FLIP their Frustration SPOT into a CALM and Flexible thinking SPOT! Children will love the built in activity that can help the...

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Free resources on the Zones of Regulation website

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THE ZONES OF REGULATION: A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING PATHWAY TO REGULATION

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Inclusivity and representation of ALL learners is important to us! We are excited to release updated Supplementary Zones Emotions Visuals which feature our beautiful cast of characters from our...

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A number of free printables based on the Zones of Regulation

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Free Stuff to Supplement The Zones of Regulation Curriculum

Further supplement strategies for managing feelings and sensory needs as part of their social emotional learning with these free, timely strategies and tools when using The Zones of Regulation curriculum to support individuals ages 5-18+. Using a cognitive behavior therapy approach, the Zones of Regulation learning activities are designed to help students recognize when they are in different emotional states called "Zones," with each of four Zones represented by a different color. Students also learn how to use strategies or tools to stay in a zone or move from one to another.

We will be posting new free Zones of Regulation activities as quickly and as often as we can, so check back often!

Inclusivity and representation of all learners is important to us! We are excited to release updated Supplementary Zones Emotions Visuals which feature our beautiful cast of characters from our Zones of Regulation Storybook Series. These free downloadable visuals can be used when teaching Lesson 1 in The Zones of Regulation curriculum to supplement the Reproducible C: Zones Emotions and Reproducible E: The Zones of Regulation Visual as well as to review and reinforce concepts at any point in the learning process.

Learning to self-regulate our Zones is serious work that takes time and lots of practice. The award-winning The Zones of Regulation Tools to Try Cards are an easy, user-friendly way to introduce self-regulation strategies to kids ages 5-10 and adolescents ages 11-18+ as they explore, practice, and choose tools to help them regulate at home, in school, or in therapeutic and community settings. Follow along as Leah Kuypers and Elizabeth Sautter teach and reflect on different tools from the Tools to Try Cards for Kids and the Tools to Try Cards for Tweens & Teens that can be used alongside The Zones of Regulation best-selling curriculum.

Q&A with Leah Kuypers

Two powerful innovators in the areas of emotional control, sensory regulation, and executive functioning join forces to discuss The Zones of Regulation, a framework and related curriculum for building self-regulation skills. Michelle Garcia Winner, founder of the Social Thinking Methodology, conducts an in-person interview with Leah Kuypers, creator of The Zones of Regulation framework and author of the related curriculum. They discuss some of the latest ideas to emerge around The Zones of Regulation.

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Further supplement strategies for managing emotions and sensory needs as part of their social emotional learning with these free, timely strategies and tools when specifically using The Zones of Regulation curriculum to help individuals ages 5-18+. These free resources provide select examples of deeper instruction when using some of the 11 Zones of Regulation products.

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Videos exploring calming and alerting tools, mindfulness, self regulation and physiological and neurological responses in the body.

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ABOUT MINEOLA GROWS: When students understand that they are in control of their brains, they are empowered to learn, to grow, and to seek out challenges for a lifetime of learning. The "Mineola Grows" project is dedicated to creating learning environments that help students foster this skill, through an understanding of age-appropriate neuroscience.

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Lots of resources linked to the Zones of Regulation model.

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A Little Spot of Perseverance (Green Zone)

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A Little SPOT of Perseverance: A Story About Not Giving Up

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Resources provided here can be used to support young people exploring their feelings and tools they can use to self-regulate.

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Zones of Regulation - Exciting Teacher - Member's Club

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Regulation Zones Feelings and Tools Chart 'Regulation Zones Feelings and Tools Chart' has been designed to support children and young people with using the Zones of Regulation. There are multiple versions with different backgrounds for you to choose from. This resource features The Scribbles Crew, a group of friendly looking emotions characters that can be created [...]

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Ideas for use in the classroom for Zones of Regulation

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Learning to identify and regulate emotions is a big job, especially for little kids. These skills are essential for students to master in order to be successful in school and in life. Fortunately there are plenty of Zones of Regulation activities and games to help teach them how to manage their emotions.

What are the Zones of Regulation?

Zones of Regulation, a curriculum developed by Leah Kuypers, an OT and autism resource specialist, helps kids understand and learn to manage their emotions. Rooted in cognitive behavioral therapy, it is a framework that uses four colors-blue, green, yellow, and red-to help students identify their feelings and levels of alertness. The curriculum also provides strategies to support emotional regulation. Teaching students how to read their bodies' signals, detect triggers, read social context, and consider how their behaviors impact those around them leads to improved emotional control, sensory regulation, self-awareness, and problem-solving skills.

To learn more about the Zones of Regulation, check out this unit by The Calming Corner, these resources from He's Extraordinary, and this slideshow from the Montana CEC.

What is emotional regulation?

According to Psychology Today, emotional regulation is the ability to control your emotions and not let them drive your actions. For students, starting with emotional regulation is truly starting at the beginning of SEL skills. Before kids can listen, have empathy, or follow directions, they have to be able to manage their emotions.

Emotional regulation means being able to identify feelings, respond without overreacting, and manage changes in the environment. In addition, emotional regulation means controlling impulses, being able to calm down, and handling emotions in a healthy way. To learn more, check out What Is Emotional Regulation?

The 4 Zones of Regulation and What They Mean

The Zones of Regulation provides an easy way to think and talk about how we feel on the inside and sorts emotions, all of which are expected in life, into four colored zones.

The Blue Zone represents sad, bored, tired, or sick.

The Red Zone represents overjoyed, panicked, angry, or terrified.

The Yellow Zone is worried, frustrated, silly, or excited.

The Green Zone is happy, focused, proud, and calm.

Zones of Regulation Activities

To help you integrate this helpful information into your classroom, here are 23 engaging Zones of Regulation activities to support the emotional growth of your students.

1. Identify feelings by giving them a color

Being able to recognize emotions is important. This color wheel will help kids start to identify their emotions by associating them with different colors. Once they have a grasp on what emotions feel like, students can begin to learn strategies to deal with them. Check out these Zones of Regulation activities that incorporate this emotion wheel.

2. Play a round of Monster Feelings Match-Up

Identifying and labeling feelings in oneself and others is a life skill that takes lots and lots of practice. One of kids' favorite Zones of Regulation activities is Monster Feelings Match-Up. This fun game teaches kids how to identify their feelings and manage their emotions and also fosters their conversation skills.

3. Go on an emotions scavenger hunt

A super-fun activity to help students identify feelings by using emojis and their power of observation. Recently updated for at-home learners as well as whole-class Zoom lessons, check out the full lesson plan. Best for grades K-6.

4. Make cootie catchers

You know kids are going to make cootie catchers anyway, so why not make a version that helps kids review and understand the Zones of Regulation? Each color-coded corner teaches students the feelings and coping skills that go along with each zone. Best for grades 3 and up.

5. Play the Emotions Sorting Game

Linking Zones of Regulation activities to fun experiences helps kids make connections. For example, this simple Emotions Sorting Game inspired by Disney-Pixar's Inside Out helps kids learn and explore emotions. The game is a printable download available from Mom Endeavors.

6. Make a calm-down sandwich

When students get angry or frustrated, they can use this coping strategy to help calm themselves down. Ask them to brainstorm six things that make them happy or feel calm inside. Then, have them write down their strategies on each piece of a calm-down sandwich.

7. Play Behavior Bingo

Distinguish between awesome actions (like showing respect and encouraging others) and bummer behavior (like using hurtful words or goofing off during work time) with this fun version of bingo. Five awesome actions in a row = BINGO! Great for small groups or the whole class, grades 1-4.

8. Practice impulse control with this version of Candy Land

Games are the best way for kids to learn without even realizing they're learning! These custom-made cards go along with the standard version of Candy Land and help kids learn impulse-control skills. Best for grades K-3.

9. Make emotion-regulation spinners

This fun activity is a great addition to your calm-down corner. Students can pick strategies that work for them to get into the green zone and back on track. Best for grades K-5.

10. Play a round of What Zone Would I Be In if ...?

This free activity includes 30 cards with hypothetical situations, plus a page for sorting the cards into the zones. Read the cards and let students decide which zone they feel they would be in if this happened to them. You can ask questions about why they feel that way to encourage discussion.

11. Teach the Zones of Regulation with this fun song

This catchy tune by the fun crew at BlackBerry Jam Kids teaches kids all about the different emotions in the Zones of Regulation and strategies to get back into the "green zone."

12. Create a sensory break center in your classroom

Provide students with a safe place to take a break when they need to regulate their emotions. Include resources for strategies that will help them manage. For a free copy of the poster shown and tons of great ideas for what to include in the space, check out The Dynamic Duo. Best for grades K-8.

13. Stock your sensory break center with strategy cards

These awesome break cards tap into a favorite set of characters: Pokemon! Each card helps students identify which "zone" they are in and strategies for managing the emotions they are feeling. Available as a PowerPoint, Google Slideshow, and also a printable PDF. Includes four cards for each of the four zones.

Source: Social CJ

14. Empower students with these contingency maps

Throughout the school day, students make behavior choices (for better or worse). Use these picture maps to help students understand the consequences of making different choices. They are very effective because they illustrate the results of both desired and undesired behaviors in a concrete way. Best for students in K-5.

15. Role-play with task cards

Role-play is a great activity for helping students rehearse acceptable behaviors. These task cards help students build emotional self-control by rehearsing responses to different scenarios that may trigger strong emotions. Best for grades 4-7.

16. Build emotional toolboxes

What can students do to regulate their emotions when they veer away from the green zone? This toolbox of activities includes a handy flip-book that's chock-full of ideas. Each tab covers a different zone and gives students strategies to regain control. Best for students in K-3.

17. Encourage self-regulation with these desk nameplates

Post these interactive nameplates on students' desks to help them self-regulate their emotions and feelings by paying attention to what zone they are in. Throughout the day, students self-monitor their emotional state by sliding a paper clip along the zone boxes on the left. If students are in the yellow, blue, or red zone, they can use one of the strategies in their toolbox to help them get back to green. Each student's toolbox will vary, depending on which strategies work best for them. Best for grades K-5.

18. Share resources with families

Meltdowns and emotional regulation impact the entire family. Share this blog with families to help them develop strategies with their kids at home. Full of helpful tips and valuable information, this is a great resource to help support calmer, happier kids.

19. Display information about the zones front and center

Keeping the information students need front and center will help them begin to recognize which "zone" they are in and help them learn to regulate their behavior.

20. Help students identify what anger feels like

Use this free printable to go through each of the anger cues with your students, and if they feel that the statement is true for them when they're angry, have them color the word bubble red. Also get the When I Feel Sad printable at the link.

21. Create a Zones resource folder

Fold legal-size file folders to create a pocket on the bottom. Trim off the edges and use hot glue to turn the large pocket into four sections (red, yellow, green, and blue). Color and label the sections based on the Zones. Have students label craft sticks with either emotions or coping strategies to insert into the correct pockets.

22. Use a feelings thermometer

To help kids understand the intensity of an emotion they are feeling, create a feelings thermometer. Draw the outline of a thermometer, then divide it into three sections. Label each section. For example, use slightly angry, really angry, super angry. Talk about each section and label each with what it looks like and strategies for things to do.

23. Practice self-control with bubbles

This is a really fun activity to talk about self-control with kids, and it's harder than it looks! Label a special bottle of bubbles "Self-Control Bubbles" and gather kids in a circle. For the first round, blow bubbles and allow students to pop, touch, chase, and catch the bubbles to their heart's desire (within control). However, for the second round, tell the students that they are going to practice using self-control. Bubbles will be all around them, but the students must use their self-control strategies and not touch or chase the bubbles. Afterward, talk with kids about how it felt and how they managed to control their impulses.

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23 Zones of Regulation Activities To Help Kids Manage Their Emotions

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These Zones of Regulation activities teach students to identify and manage their behavior and regulate their emotions.

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I nice explainer video about emotions and the Zones of Regulation.

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Zones Of Regulation and Autism : Animated Social Stories for Children With Autism

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A speech therapist suggests tools and activities to use for the Zones. She also shows some examples of displays she has seen in her classes.

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Are you familiar with the zones of regulation curriculum? It is a popular self regulation curriculum that helps students communicate how they are feeling. SLPs can use zones of regulation activities to help students initiate communication, explain how they are feeling, or what they are needing. Zones of regulation activities can also help students identify how others are feeling and what words/actions they should do when someone is feeling a certain emotion.

At my middle school, I have students on the Autism Spectrum that have a difficult time with regulating their emotions. They need visual and verbal prompts to recognize what type of emotion/feeling they are experiencing in situations. An SLP can work on teaching self-regulation by using the zones of regulation curriculum in therapy. These terms and strategies help improve a child's ability to express their emotion and make requests/comments for what they need in a social situation.

What is zones of regulation?

Zones of regulation is a curriculum (amazon affiliate links included for your convenience) designed to help children independently self regulate their actions by teaching them to recognize how their body is feeling. They use colors to explain the different emotions. By teaching these zones, students can learn to increase communication initiations by sharing how they are feeling and what activities they need to do to help them stay in the green zone. Increasing communication around emotions helps decrease unwanted behaviors!

Blue zone- tired, sleepy, bored, sad

Green zone- calm, ready, happy, focused, content

Yellow zone- excited, anxious, nervous, surprised, worried, silly

Red zone- furious, angry, rage, out of control

If you want to read more about the program and get more of the worksheets, head over to Zones of Regulation website.

Bulletin Boards For Zones Of Regulation

This is a great poster to hang in your room as a visual and use with your students to generate strategies to help them stay or get to a certain zone. Grab a poster for your speech room on Social Thinking.

My SDC teacher Janelle McDaniel made this cute visual bulletin board for her classroom. I think it is awesome! She had the different zones and then pasted the emotions that go on the zones as a visual reminder for students.

Look what else they made in the SDC classroom! The SDC teacher grabbed free paint chip samples from Home Depot and had the kids write the different emotions for the zones. She took pictures of the students acting out the different zones and posted them in the classroom.

Zones Of Regulation Activities For Your Speech Therapy Sessions

I around on the internet in search of some more "Zones" activities and this is what I found!

Free break cards Zones of Regulation Break Cards

Speechy Musings Self Regulation Handouts and Size of the Problem Detectives

A Sprinkle of Speech What size is your problem?
Speech Paths- How Would Others Feel? Interactive Activity for Middle/High School
The Zones of Regulation App (haven't tried this app yet, but it looks like it could be great)!

Fun with Firsties made a very cool bulletin board in her class with all the ZONES and has some great strategies on how to make a calm down area.

There are visuals in the ZONES book that you can photo copy and use as visuals. The Lower Elementary Cottage made a "tools" book for students to pick a tool for a ZONE to help them get back to green. If they successfully use the tool, they earn a tool coupon in which they can save up to earn a prize.

The Incredible 5 Point Scale - A great visual resource to visually show students how to regulate their emotions in social situations.

5 Point Scale for Adolescent & Adults - is a curriculum designed for older students and adults.

Youtube Videos For Zones Of Regulation Activities

I found some hilarious video clips on youtube from one of my SDC teachers. They show the different zones people can be in using clips from the Big Bang Theory!

Sheldon in the yellow zone! Super funny!!

Love this clip for the blue zone. The kids got a kick out of this. We were also able to talk about how the other character was feeling too and why it may be unexpected to ask a friend to rub Vics on your chest when you are sick.

Red zone with Sheldon! This one made me laugh the most!!

This video is of Sheldon in the green zone. Some of my kiddos could relate to feeling the most calm when they are left alone, lol.

This video has LOTS of Zones going on! I recommend starting the video at about 1:28 seconds because Kevin Hart says "bitch" in the video. My students LOVE Kevin Hart and they sure got more interested about ZONES when we watched this clip. What activities have you done with the Zones of Regulation? I would love to add some more ideas to my stash of tricks!!

Need more videos to help teach the Zones of Regulation?

Follow my playlist on youtube for videos that help teach the Zones of Regulation HERE.

I used video clips from the movie Elf during the holidays to work on perspective taking and what "zone" people were in. Check out my blog post HERE!

You can also find me on TeachersPayTeachers, Pinterest, and Facebook.

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Zones of Regulation Activities For Social Pragmatics

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Teaching Expertise: Practical Zones Ideas

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Links to videos, songs and games that can be utilised to support teaching of the Zones.

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The Zones of Regulation, a curriculum developed by Leah Kuypers, is designed to help students recognize which emotional zone they are in and to self-regulate within that zone. It is derived from the cognitive behavior therapy approach. The zones can be broken into four categories - the red, blue, green, and yellow zones. Each one is a different level of alertness and each one is present in all of us at varying times.

Research has shown that the green zone is the optimal zone for learning. However, our job as teachers is not to get students into the green zone. It is to help them recognize that all zones are good and they need to recognize the environment they are in. The relative dysregulation of the yellow zone may be ok on the recess field but must be tempered in the classroom.

We then need to teach students tools for emotional self-regulation, regardless of the zone they may be in. The Zones of Regulation curriculum helps students with their emotional control, sensory regulation, and behavior choices.

The tools in this article will get you started with introducing the zones, teaching regulation strategies, implementing emotional check-ins, and using the strategies in practical ways.

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Get in the Zone with these 20 Zones of Regulation Activities for Kids - Teaching Expertise

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The Zones of Regulation, a curriculum developed by Leah Kuypers, is designed to help students recognize which emotional zone they are in and to self-regulate within that zone. It is derived from the cognitive behavior therapy approach. The zones can be broken into four categories - the red, blue, green, and yellow zones.

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Selection of printable resources for use with the Zones

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Rainbow Reach - Emotional Regulation Activities

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Rainbow Reach - Emotional Regulation Activities

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Strategies from the Queensland Government particularly focused on the use of music to support self-regulation.

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Many of Nancy's songs support calming and alerting tools needed as part of self-regulation.

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Online Parent Information sheet that can be adapted to your school.

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He's Extraordinary: Self Regulation List

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What's inside this article: A look at different forms of emotional regulation, how to choose strategies that are effective for your child(ren), and a list of 120 emotional regulation ideas to inspire you to find effective techniques. Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links.
Emotional dysregulation means that an emotional response does not fall within the conventionally accepted range of emotive responses.

In other words, your kid is literally losing their S*&# because you gave them the wrong color socks today.

Emotional Self-Regulation and Dysregulation

When our kids are not well regulated, they start to "act out," and you see "behaviors." Basically, they just don't have the skills to manage or express their emotions on their own.

Actually, there's a good chance that they don't even know what the emotion they're feeling is. You can't cope with something that you can't even label or understand.

But good news! You can teach emotional self-regulation skills. This post contains a ton of strategies to do just that.

Types of Emotional Regulation

There are actually two types of emotional regulation. These are mutual regulation (sometimes called co-regulation) and self-regulation.

Mutual Regulation

Mutual regulation (or co-regulation) means your child needs YOU to help them regulate their emotions. When they're upset, you need to soothe them and help them calm down. They can not use healthy coping strategies on their own.

Most kids are dependent upon mutual regulation some, if not all, of the time. Even adults rely on mutual regulation; for example, we seek comfort from our spouses or friends when we're upset.

Does your child come to you when they need help regulating? Or do you need to recognize behavioral cues and be proactive?

Self-Regulation

Self-regulation means your child can calm down and cope with their emotions all on their own. They can walk away from a frustrating situation. They can take deep breaths to calm down and return to an activity.

Your child may even recover from a meltdown on their own.

There's a developmental trajectory of milestones your child will meet as their self-regulation skills develop.

First will be mutual regulation, with you responding to their cues. Next, they'll initiate the mutual regulation. Then, some self-regulation skills emerge with you modeling the right strategies.

Over time, as skills develop, your child will start being able to recover from meltdowns sooner, and they will be less intense.

Choosing Emotional Regulation Strategies that Work for You

First, figure out where your child currently sits on the developmental trajectory of emotional self-regulation skills.

You need to know this when you're picking what strategies are going to work best for you.

There are actually three things you need to consider when you're deciding which emotional regulation strategies to teach and use.

1. Developmentally Appropriate

First of all, choose strategies that are appropriate for your child's current level of ability. All kids are unique with their own strengths and weaknesses and unique emotional regulation needs.

2. Functional

You need to choose strategies that are functional. What I mean by this is - your kid needs to be able to use them when they need them during their regular day-to-day routine.

Where does your child spend most of their time? Home, school, the playground? When choosing coping strategies think - will they be able to practice those strategies in these environments when they need to?

3. Align with Family Values

This one is more so for care providers and educators. If you're teaching or caring for a child with autism or ADHD, you need to make sure that any strategies you teach that child are consistent with the family's priorities and values.

Parents and educators must work as a team at all times to provide consistency. Having constant communication and an open line to sharing information is the key to success.

Special Contexts

These are just a few other things to think about as you choose emotional regulation strategies that will encourage healthy coping skills for your child.

These are in no particular order but are here to make you think about how your child's emotional regulation is affected by different scenarios. How is your child affected by the following:

Group sizes? Large or small

New environment vs. familiar environment?

Familiar caregiver vs. unfamiliar caregiver?

When feeling sick or tired?

When feeling hungry?

Can they transition well? Think - how would your child react if they were engaged in a fun activity and suddenly had to stop to sit in their chair for a snack?

Keeping in mind how these different contexts can affect your child, you may choose different strategies and supports depending on the situation.

Emotional Self-Regulation Strategies

Mutual Regulation Strategies

1. Play mindfulness games (check out these activity cards)

2. Model calm behavior

3. Model the self-regulation strategies you want to teach

4. Set up opportunities for success

5. Use more positive reinforcement

6. Have a consistent daily routine

7. Have a bedtime routine

8. Offer a break

9. Offer choices

10. Have a break box available

11. Remove triggers

12. Have a visual schedule

13. Offer a snack

14. Offer a drink

15. Do a movement break - see: 15 fun workouts for kids

16. Read a story

17. Give a hug

18. Match their language

19. Get on their level, see the situation from their shoes

20. Use these sensory diet cards together

21. Try using a first-then statement

22. Give a compliment

23. Hold their hand

24. Offer a sensory item like a weighted lap pad, or a resistance tunnel

25. Diffuse calming essential oils

26. Just ask "What would help you right now?"

27. Talk about something they like

28. Take them for a walk

29. Offer solutions

30. Remove the audience

31. Visualization - Close your eyes and imagine your favorite place

32. Ask them to draw you a picture

33. Have a reward system for positive behavior

34. Squish them - get your child to lie on the floor and squish them by rolling an exercise ball over them.

35. Use a massager

36. Use a therapy brush

37. Talk about feelings and size of the problem

38. Use the feelings check-in sheet

39. Say, "It makes sense that you feel _____________"

40. Say, in a calm voice, "You are safe right now."

41. Create some sensory bins

42. Get them to blow pom-poms around the table or through a maze with a straw

43. Create a social story

44. Talk about upcoming transitions ahead of time

45. Rock them calmly

46. Wrap them in a weighted blanket

47. Turn on the music and have an impromptu dance party

48. Ask them to help you with something they're good at

49. Offer to do the task together

50. Stop talking or making demands

51. Use physical reinforcers like stickers or candy

52. Take a Time-In in a calm-down corner

53. Use these fun brain break cards (free printable)

Self-Regulation Strategies

1. Take deep breaths

2. Think of something that makes you laugh

3. Go for a walk

4. Slowly count backward from 10

5. Squeeze a stress ball as hard as you can (Read: Do stress balls actually work?)

6. Swing on the swings

7. Draw a picture of something that makes you happy

8. Write a letter

9. Listen to music

10. Play with play-doh

11. Talk to a grown-up

12. Talk to a friend

13. Color a picture

14. Use positive affirmations

15. Make a list of things that you love

16. Close your eyes and think about your favorite place

17. Read a book

18. Rip up paper

19. Scream into a pillow

20. Do some yoga

21. Ask for a hug

22. Hug your favorite stuffed animal

23. Spend time with a pet

24. Watch funny videos

25. Identify your emotions

26. Write your feelings down

27. Tell someone how you're feeling

28. Ask for help

29. Hang upside down

30. Chew a piece of gum

31. Build with Lego

32. Bounce on a therapy ball

33. Do ten jumping jacks

34. Snuggle with your favorite blanket

35. Blow bubbles

36. Make funny faces in the mirror

37. Pop bubble wrap

38. Sing your favorite song

39. Dance

40. Look through a photo album

41. Make jewelry with beads and pipe cleaner

42. Watch a calm-down bottle

43. Watch a lava lamp

44. Doodle

45. Use a fidget toy

46. Go outside

47. Turn off the lights and look at something that glows in the dark

48. Get some sleep

49. Have a healthy snack

50. Daydream about the perfect day

51. Help someone else

52. Watch the clouds

53. Jump on a trampoline

54. Play with a hula hoop

55. Write a love letter to yourself

56. Punch your pillow

57. Play with a Rubik's cube

58. Keep a comforting object with you

59. Use a scratch art doodle pad

60. Shake up a snow globe and watch it settle

61. Look through a kaleidoscope

62. Draw with an etch-a-sketch

63. Look at photos of family

64. Write in a positivity journal

65. Watch your favorite movie

66. Do a sticker-by-number art

67. Rub your thumb on a chakra worry stone

Remember, these are not strategies to use in succession, nor will these ideas all work with all kids. These lists are more like a brainstorm of ideas to help you discover new ways to help your child(ren) regulate their emotions.

Take away from this list what is helpful for you and share it to help others.

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When we are feeling anxious we often show some erratic and irrational behaviour that can make us feel uncomfortable and not act in a way that we are proud of.

During an anxious episode it is often hard for us to think straight and know what the right thing to do is that will help calm us down.

That is why we use coping skills.

Coping skills are a set of strategies that help calm you down and you can implement them when you are feeling worried, uncomfortable or anxious to help you get through the tough time.

They are designed to help minimise your physical symptoms and give you relief from your worried thoughts.

Everybody will have a set of coping skills that works well for them and they might be different from yours, that is ok because the key is to finding things that work for you and help you control your thoughts, feelings and behaviour in a more positive and helpful way.

This activity has already identified the main coping strategies that work for most people. Over time you will find that some work better than others and you might even want to add some of your own ideas.

The coping skills tool box comes with
- 16 coping strategies ready to use
- A coping skills tracker for parents or therapist
- Fun colouring in page

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Coping Skills Toolbox Play Therapy Therapy Worksheets - Etsy UK

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When we are feeling anxious we often show some erratic and irrational behaviour that can make us feel uncomfortable and not act in a way that we are proud of. During an anxious episode it is often hard for us to think straight and know what the right thing to do is that will help calm us down.

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Brick By Brick Academy - Lego Themed Zones

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Brick By Brick Academy - Lego Themed Zones

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Includes large displays, support ideas and toolbox outlines.

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Lego-Themed Zones of Regulation Visual Support PDF

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Try these simple mindfulness techniques with your children if they are feeling anxious at home – they will help keep your family calm and centered.

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Practical resources and ideas to support young people felling calm.

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Welcome to the Mindfulness Hub

With the pandemic still creating lots of anxiety and stress, it's more important than ever to look after your children's wellbeing. This year we've got Dr Ranj an NHS doctor, and Cbeebies presenter onboard to help us all to wind down and relax with a special exercise, and resources from Twinkl below.

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Welcome to the Mindfulness Hub With the pandemic still creating lots of anxiety and stress, it's more important than ever to look after your children's wellbeing. This year we've got Dr Ranj an NHS doctor, and Cbeebies presenter onboard to help us all to wind down and relax with a special exercise, and resources from Twinkl below.

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Lots of videos on this site around emotions and mindfulness.

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Welcome to Smile and Learn, the best educational platform for kids aged 3-12 years. If you are looking for interesting and fun content for children this is your channel. Subscribe! You will discover unique educational material designed by lead educational experts. Our channel features didactic st…

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Descriptors of each zone to help children track how they are feeling

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School Counselling Files - Zones Resources

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School Counselling Files - Zones Resources

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Ideas for games used to support naming, recognising and understanding emotions.

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games, craftivities, and worksheets that teach kids how to manage their emotions

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Creatively Engaged - Strategies for the Red Zone

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Creatively Engaged - Strategies for the Red Zone

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Creatively Engaged - Strategies for the Yellow Zone

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Creatively Engaged - Strategies for the Yellow Zone

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Practical tools that can be left on a child's desk, allowing them to show movement between zones with minimal disruption to the class.

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Creatively Engaged - Strategies for the Blue Zone

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Creatively Engaged - Strategies for the Blue Zone

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Creatively Engaged - Strategies for the Green Zone

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Creatively Engaged - Strategies for the Green Zone

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Links to a number of pages with resources and further information about the Zones of Regulation

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Children place their stick in the Zone cup

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Short video describing strategies that could be used in the Blue Zone

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Special Education Psych - Toolbox Introduction

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Special Education Psych - Toolbox Introduction

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Nissenbaum, Lynn NES Teacher - Special Education PSYCH

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Links to activities, exercises, video clips and lesson plans to support teaching of the zones.

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Zones of Regulation Home Page Zones of Regulation Blog Link to Social Thinking to order The Zones of Regulation Plus overview of program

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Regulation Zones Toolbox Posters and Lanyard Prompts - Exciting Teacher - Member's Club

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Scottish Health and Wellbeing Curriculum Outcome: Mental and Emotional Wellbeing - I understand that my feelings and reactions can change depending upon what is happening within and around me. This helps me to understand my own behaviour and the way others behave.

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Zones of Regulation - Week 4: Tools for different Zones

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Zones of Regulation - Week 4: Tools for different Zones

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YouTube video from St Andrews Primary Crawley.

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Note: The PDF now includes links to Weekly Check-Ins as well!
One of the hardest parts about distance learning is not being able to see and talk with our students on a regular basis. Even if you are doing video conferences, it is hard to know how students are doing and if they need help. One option is to have daily check-ins using Google Forms. This post shares free daily check in google forms for distance learning and some tips for how to use them.

About the Daily Check-In Google Forms

These daily check-in Google Forms are one way to check in your with students on a daily basis. The responses can also be shared with special education or any support staff who serve the students.

I have included two check-in forms for you: one for the beginning of the day and one for the end of the day. You can send both of the forms or choose to only send one.

Beginning of the Day Check-In Form

This form is designed to check in with the students before they begin their assignments (but after they locate them).

The form asks the following questions:

How are you feeling today?

Do you have anything to tell me? This can be about school or life.

Were you able to find all of your work for today?

Do you need any help getting started with your assignments?

What questions do you have about your assignments?

End of the Day Check-In Form

This form is designed to check in with the students as they finish their learning for the day.

The form asks the following questions:

How are you feeling now?

How did you to do today?

How do you feel about your assignments today? (This is a linear scale with "I didn't understand anything" at one end and "I understood everything" at the other end.)

Do you have anything to tell me? This can be about school or life.

Note: There are now links to Weekly Check-Ins included in the PDF download as well!

Modifying the Check-In Forms

After you copy the forms to your drive, you may go in and modify any of the questions and/or add new questions. These screenshots are also included in the free download.

Assigning the Check-In Forms
If you need help assigning these check-in forms to your students, click here to grab a free guide to help!
When assigning the forms, I recommend you make a new copy for each week (you can keep the responses organized using the spreadsheet that Google Forms generates).

Another way to send the Check-In Forms to your students is to link them via a Google Slides Template. Here is an example template. The link to copy this template can be found in the section titled Get the Free Daily Check-In Google Forms and Slide Template Here.

Viewing the Responses

You can easily view the responses by generating a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet is automatically sorted by date and time so you can keep your responses organized. You can also sort the responses alphabetically by student name.

***Get the Free Daily Check-In Google Forms and Slide Template Here
****Click here or on the image below to grab the PDF with the links to each Google Form and the Google Slide Templates (and tips for copying/modifying the forms and viewing the responses).
Note: make sure you copy the forms to your drive. If you manipulate the link, you will be compromising your students' data. YOU MUST COPY THE FORM TO YOUR DRIVE AND CREATE A NEW FORM THAT IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE BY YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS!

Note: There are now links to Weekly Check-Ins included in the PDF download as well!

More Digital Distance Learning Resources
How to Assign Google Forms How to Create Google Form Assignments Viewing and Analyzing Responses in Google Forms How to Assign Google Slides How to Have Students Show Their Math Work Digitally - Free Student Google Slides Guide Tips for Distance Learning Planning
Blog Posts and Free Guides

Digital Learning Activities
Main Idea Differentiated Practice - These are perfect for assigning differentiated reading practice (texts at two levels to your students). Text Structure Differentiated Practice - Another option for differentiating your reading practice easily. Reading Test Prep Task Cards - This is perfect for reading review! It includes 8 Google Forms in all (with 8 questions per form).
Google Form - Reading Activities
4th Grade Math Test Prep Review 5th Grade Math Test Prep Review 4th Grade Math Differentiated Skill Sheets 5th Grade Math Differentiated Skill Sheets Math Choice Boards (Grades 3-5 Available) 5th Grade Math Skill Posters Decimal of the Day Review 5th Grade Find the Error Math Tasks
Google Slides - Math Activities
4th & 5th Grade Reading View Color by Reading Activities Reading Interactive Notebook Color Coding Text Evidence Printables Reading Intervention Passages with Read Aloud Audio 4th & 5th Grade Reading Flipbooks Theme Activities - Printable and Digital Versions Inference Activities - Printable and Digital Versions 5th Grade Language Review 5th Grade Language Posters Finish the Story! Engaging Narrative Writing Center
Google Slides - Literacy Activities

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Free Daily Check-In Google Forms for Distance Learning

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Filed Under: Classroom Management and Organization, Digital Resources Note: The PDF now includes links to Weekly Check-Ins as well! One of the hardest parts about distance learning is not being able to see and talk with our students on a regular basis.

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How to use these areas of regulation lanyard cards

It's completely normal to get frustrated from time to time. However, if a child gets stressed and forgets their self-regulation methods, it can worsen things. These areas of regulation lanyard cards are ideal for children to carry around at all times as a constant reminder of their self-regulation methods.

These areas of regulation lanyard cards are colour-coded so that children and teachers can easily differentiate between the four areas of regulation. Children can check in, using the lanyards as a guide, at different times throughout the day and remind themselves about strategies to support regulation.

It is important to note that, while these are designed as areas of regulation lanyard cards, not all students will feel comfortable wearing a lanyard. Some students will have sensory needs that make wearing anything around their necks very uncomfortable. In cases like this, students could carry the cards in their pockets or bags.

More resources like this one

Here at Twinkl, we have a wide range of inclusive resources to meet all needs. This includes resources to help children self-regulate and manage stressful situations more effectively. Take a look below:

What Are Positive and Negative Coping Skills? Worksheet - When children are frustrated, they can sometimes act in ways that aren't helpful to themselves or others. This worksheet helps children identify positive and negative coping skills. By identifying these skills, children will be better equipped to make more positive decisions.

Areas of Regulation: Emotions Regulation Cards - These self-regulation cards serve as a reminder of positive self-regulation techniques. The cards look great on display in any classroom or calm-down corner.

Feelings Volcano Activity - Do some of your students struggle to identify their feelings until it's too late? This activity might be for them. This task aims to help children identify their emotions so that they can self-regulate before they erupt!

As always, if we're missing something that you think is important, don't hesitate to reach out to us!

How do I help my child deal with their emotions?

Comforting a frustrated or anxious child can be difficult, especially when we don't have all the answers. While we should always strive to help a child in need, teaching them positive coping and self-regulation strategies may be more effective.

It can be tricky to know where to start, but there's a lot of information available online. Breathing exercises are often a helpful technique to prevent the escalation of emotions such as anxiety and anger. Setting an example of dealing with stressful situations calmly can also be very effective.

If your child is having a very tough time handling their emotions, speaking with a professional, such as a doctor, speech pathologist or child psychologist, is advised.

The above video may be from a third-party source. We accept no responsibility for any videos from third-party sources. Please let us know if the video is no longer working.

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Self-Regulation Strategy Check-in Cards Lanyard Sized

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It's completely normal to get frustrated from time to time. However, if a child gets stressed and forgets their self-regulation methods, it can worsen things. These areas of regulation lanyard cards are ideal for children to carry around at all times as a constant reminder of their self-regulation methods.

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This board offers different ways to check in - either by moving name to board or by placing hand on the corresponding hand print.

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Display utilising students to show emotions

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Display utilising students to show emotions

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Zones display utilising different sources (sport and Disney)

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Zones display utilising different sources (sport and Disney)

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Zones display incorporating tools and picture prompts

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Zones display incorporating tools and picture prompts

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Display using class prompts to show range of emotions in each zone

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Display using class prompts to show range of emotions in each zone