Resource Project: De-escalation Strategies by Hannah Hagerty

Booklist 1

hhagerty1 — 2025-04-01 03:42:44 UTC

The Self-Control Shark: The Self-Control Shark goes through the journey of how to self regulate through strategies he learns.

What are some strategies we can use to self-regulate without guidance?
Can we recognize our emotions that make us make bad decisions?
What would a list of rules include that you can use to regulate your emotions?

Booklist 2

hhagerty1 — 2025-04-01 03:50:55 UTC

I Was So Mad: Little Critter goes through frustrating situations and comes to understand how he can regulate his feelings.

How can we accept no in a healthy way?
How can we express our negative feelings in a healthy method?
Are there ways we can disagree in a respectfully?

Resource 1

hhagerty1 — 2025-04-02 02:51:51 UTC

PBISApps: PBIS resources directly correlate with how we can learn how to maintain classroom management. This article gives de-escalation strategies that work best in a classroom with students of all ages.

Resource 2

hhagerty1 — 2025-04-02 02:55:19 UTC

The Art of Education University: This short video gives educators ideas on how to de-escalate when challenging behaviors occur. This video is a great for future teachers to take a quick moment to think about how they can handle challenging behaviors.

Resource 3

hhagerty1 — 2025-04-02 02:59:45 UTC

The Pathway 2 Success: This image gives educators a visual as to how challenging behaviors can be de-escalated. It is easy to navigate and can be used a good reminder for future educators.

Resource 4

hhagerty1 — 2025-04-02 03:27:14 UTC

BetterLesson: This article not only gives de-escalation strategies but also explains why they are important to classroom management. This article is thorough and detailed for future educators to fully understand what de-escalation strategies are and how they work.

Resource 5

hhagerty1 — 2025-04-02 03:30:02 UTC

Edutopia: This video is a great example of de-escalation strategies because it provides an example in real-time of how these method can be used. Future educators can take notes on how they would use the following de-escalation strategies in their own classrooms.

Lesson Plan 1

hhagerty1 — 2025-04-12 21:37:12 UTC

This activity gives students an option on how they can take deep breaths to de-escalate. Eight breathing options are given and each student can pick which one would be best for them in that moment.

Lesson Plan 2

hhagerty1 — 2025-04-12 21:38:45 UTC

This activity is a reflection that gives students the opportunity to reflect on their negative behaviors and how they can change them. Students circle pictures that describe how they feel, what they did, and what they can do to feel better.

Lesson Plan 3

hhagerty1 — 2025-04-12 21:43:27 UTC

This lesson compares escalation to an escalator that goes up and down. Students are given examples of situations and whether or not they are escalating or de-escalating.

Narrative Summary

hhagerty1 — 2025-04-12 21:50:00 UTC

My topic is de-escalation strategies. I have chosen this topic because it directly aligns with what I am studying. Working in special education means that are lots of opportunities to use de-escalation strategies.
This topic is important to teach because teachers may encounter escalation among students. Many teachers or aspiring teachers may not know how to handle escalation and this activity could give them strategies and ideas on how to handle it. Teacher must know what ti do to keep each student safe in their classroom.
I would teach this topic in my future classroom by giving each student the option to choose what is best for them to de-escalate. Each student will have strategies that work for them and it is important that they get to use those. I will also introduce new strategies that could possibly help in the future.
How can I implement these strategies while meeting the individual needs of each student? How can I de-escalate while keeping each student in the classroom safe? What are some ways to communicate with students during escalation?

Additional Book List 3

cheims1 — 2025-04-13 23:59:38 UTC

When I Feel Frustrated: The book goes into some strategies and scenarios that happen when a child is dealing with big emotions such as frustration!

What are some ways that we can calm down after being frustrated?
How do we know when we are frustrated? "What do you think made you feel that way?"
Who can we go to/or what class resources can we utilize when we are feeling big emotions?

Additional Book List 4

cheims1 — 2025-04-14 00:08:50 UTC

Why Do I (Sometimes) Feel Angry: This book goes through feeling angry and what can be the cause of the outward projection of this big emotion! It also goes through ways to deal with being angry and how to handle/manage anger for kids!

How can we, as a class, reflect on our actions? "How do you think our friends are feeling right now?"

What CAN we do when we get mad at a situation or someone else? "Let's all take a deep breath together"
Is this a problem we can solve together right now? (You can ask this question to affirm feelings while also giving the opportunity to circle back!)

Additional Resource 6

cheims1 — 2025-04-14 00:13:21 UTC

How can educators recognize and intervene when student behavior is escalating?: This resource goes over what signs a student might exhibit when feeling big emotions, the triggers for said emotions, and how to handle those situations. The resource also steps of how to implement the strategies as well as activity ideas!

Additional Resource 7

cheims1 — 2025-04-14 00:17:08 UTC

Use De-escalation Strategies: This resource goes into the important mannerisms that can be beneficial along with additional de-escalation strategies! The page goes into how to overall consider safety, communicate clearly/calmly, the usage of high-probability instructions and more!

Additional Resource 8

cheims1 — 2025-04-14 00:20:22 UTC

Student Pushing Your Buttons? Try These De-Escalation Strategies: This resource not only acknowledges the impact that students with big emotions have on teachers but also what teachers can do to help themselves and their students! There are a total of 8 tips provided in this article that are clearly organized in a simple format for easy reading!

Additional Resource 9

cheims1 — 2025-04-14 00:23:12 UTC

Child Mind Institute: This website is a resource that teachers can give out to parents to allow the de-escalation strategies to continue in the home! While students spend a large portion of the day at school they are still learning at home as well!

Additional Resource 10

cheims1 — 2025-04-14 00:25:54 UTC

Understood: This is another resource that teachers can give out to parents for extra learning/lessons to build parent skills! I really like the message that this website provided that all kids and students alike should feel understood even when they are feeling big emotions that may require de-escalation!

Additional Lesson Plan 4

cheims1 — 2025-04-14 00:32:22 UTC

This lesson plan was really interesting to look into and has the following objectives:

Share strategies to de-escalate heated situations.
Compare past experiences with recommended strategies to de-escalate heated situations.

What I really enjoyed about this lesson plan was the easy-to-understand format that gives the materials required with a direct layout of the lesson as well as an estimated time to complete the lesson in a multimodal fashion that allows for implementation whenever a time is open in your day!

Additional Lesson Plan 5

cheims1 — 2025-04-14 00:35:57 UTC

This is actually a resource with a bunch of de-escalation lesson plan material. I believe that with all 29 of these listed materials, you can pick and choose what could work for your own classroom depending on your students individual needs!

Additional Lesson Plan 6

cheims1 — 2025-04-14 00:41:27 UTC

This is a very thorough lesson that works with using "I" messages to slow down an escalating situation and give students a chance to resolve a conflict! What I really liked about this lesson was that it gives students the opportunity to self-regulate, initiate a solution without teacher intermission, and gives students the opportunity to vocalize what they are feeling in a productive manner!

Narrative Summary

cheims1 — 2025-04-14 01:00:56 UTC

What is your topic, and why did you choose it?
In all honesty, my partner selected this topic while I was out of class but I am really glad she did because I was very interested in learning more about how I can better recognize and utilize de-escalation strategies! I love working with young kids but a big part of that is getting them to understand how to channel their big emotions in a constructive, problem-solving way! Being able to de-escalate a situation whether that is with yourself or others is a very important aspect of growing up and something I really enjoyed learning more about!
Why is this topic important to teach?
It is very important to teach this topic, I would say, especially as a young child, but throughout a student's education experience so that the individual can be the best form of themselves! With various de-escalation strategies, a student is able to self-regulate, handle situations that come up amongst peers in a productive way as well as teach others the strategies that help them! I think this is a very important topic that should be taught in more lesson plans and be administered in various ways throughout the classroom as it is a very relevant part of day-to-day life!
How would you teach this topic in your future classroom?
There are a multitude of ways I would teach this topic that rely heavily on what age I am teaching! If I were working with the little ones who are new to school, I would go in the mindset that they have no strategies and teach from scratch. That would mean going over what emotions are, how to deal with them, and various situations that can occur that may require de-escalation. The end goal, regardless of the age of the students, would be to get each child to the point that they can recognize what they are feeling, look at any situation they are in, and find an outcome that meets the needs of all the students involved! This can be through the use of several de-escalation strategies or a single one, it is entirely reliant on a case-by-case basis.
What are three questions or concerns you have about teaching this topic?
1. What is the best way to handle a situation where you are teaching a whole group de-escalation method that both the teacher and students are using but one parent doesn't agree with its usage?
2. To what degree should teachers stand back and observe students using de-escalation strategies before jumping into a situation?
3. Does anyone have specific de-escalation strategies that are known to actually work in real life and not just another unrealistic strategy from a website or article?