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Great Questions to Think about....What can I do to support children in learning how to self-regulate?
• What can I change in my environment to reduce children’s stress levels?
• How can I support children in recognizing when they are under- and over-stimulated?
• How can I help children recognize what sorts of activities help them to become calmly
focused and alert and what activities they need to limit?

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Calm,Alert & Happy   Research is now showing that sports, playing a musical instrument,
being involved in the arts, yoga, and martial arts like Tae Kwan Do, all provide enormous
benefits for self-regulation (Diamond, 2011).

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The five primary sources of stress in children’s lives today are:
1. Biological
2. Emotional
3. Cognitive
4. Social
5. Prosocia

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Three key steps to Self Regulation 1) Reduce Stress 2)  Self Awareness (A large number of Canadian children
lack this basic aspect of self-awareness) 3) Strategies to return to being calm

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Stressors can be....For a lot of children, too much noise or visual stimulation
or strong smells can be a stressor. For some children, too much junk food or sugar
can be a stressor. For far too many children today, not enough sleep or exercise or
just playing with other children is a huge stressor. Many children struggle with strong
negative emotions, like fear, anger, shame, or sadness. Some children find certain kinds
of cognitive challenge very draining. A great many children find group activities stressful.
And finally, children can find it very challenging to have to deal with other children’s
feelings or needs.

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We need to also include the community and parent voice when we have discussions about wellness and be willing to hear about the ways in which our practices both positively and negatively affect student wellness

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Self regulation is not self control is not compliance

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-Children need to learn how to identify for themselves when they are becoming agitated
and what they can do to return to being calm and focused.

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getting "back to basics" does not mean abandoning emotional well being

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The ability to self-regulate refers to how smoothly a child is able to move up and down through different arousal states, which are critical for expending and restoring energy. During the "Social Engagement" stage (before a baby can even speak), parents/guardians play a critical role in reading and responding to the baby's cues in order to help them "up-regulate" or "down-regulate" (e.g., calming a baby down when she is agitated).

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having a sense of meaning , purpose and accomplishment is integral to students sense of well being, however accomplishments need to go beyond academic performance

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there are multiple sources of ill being that children face in their communities-economic, oppression, experiences of trauma, etc

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Well being is not simply a self-indulgent trend in education that takes away from academic rigor, her, it aids children in the development of their intellectual, social and emotional potential

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Calm,Alert, Happy   not a fact self reg is not self control is not compliance
"it is a way of understanding why a child might be having problems with self-control, and more
important, what can be done to help that child." "Self-regulation, on the other hand, represents
an attempt to understand the causes of a problematic behavior and then mitigate those
causes, rather than simply trying to extinguish the behavior."                                                                                                          Functional language skills are important in self regulation   " self-regulate refers to how smoothly a child is able to move up and down through different arousal states, which are critical for expending and restoring energy"

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...before real learning could begin, a minimum threshold of well-being had to be attained...

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Focus on 4 things for well-being: What are the 4 things for well being?

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Children and students who have strong relationships and a positive sense of self are most likely to reach their full potential.

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Why should we do this work? in 2014, Ontario ministry of education made wellness one of its priorities-schools are not simply places where children acquire academic skills, but also learn emotional and social skills,

1. Well-being is a crucial prerequisite for achievement.

2. Achievement is essential for well-being; failure leads to ill-being.

3. Well-being has its own value: it complements academic achievement

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there has been a recent increase in anxiety and depression among children and youth

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there is a link between well being and success in school

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Students can’t learn if they don’t feel safe and welcome at school, if their mental health is at risk and if they don’t have the tools or the motivation to adopt a healthy, active lifestyle, both inside and outside of school.

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Self-regulation is NOT the same as compliance, nor is it self-control. It refers to how efficiently and effectively a child deals with a stressor and then recovers. This complex process begins at birth.

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