Do We Have to 'Get Back to the Green Zone?" We Think Not. by BehaviorRtI BehaviorRtI

Zones

2023-11-30 14:19:39 UTC

Letting the kids know it's ok to be in different zones, and teaching how to manage their zone behavior.

Use appropriate language to help understand your zone instead of just saying "Get back to the Green Zone."

2023-11-30 14:20:10 UTC

When we are dysregulated we don't need to change zones. We need to regulated within, manage and take care of our zone.

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What do you need to help you have control of your body?

Zones

2023-11-30 14:20:56 UTC

Stop saying "Get back to the Green Zone" Instead: "Let's use a tool to manage the ZONE we are in"

Zones of regulation

2023-11-30 14:21:07 UTC

It is important for students to know that emotions are a spectrum and it is ok to not be in the green zone all the time.

All feeling are ok. We all feel them. We need to manage our feelings so we can still function in a classroom.

2023-11-30 14:21:21 UTC

Letting students it's ok to not be in the green zone but to regulate, mange or take care of the zone we are in.

2023-11-30 14:21:27 UTC

#StopRegulate&LISTEN

2023-11-30 14:21:53 UTC

Repeat and rephrase!! It is important to consider the context of each zone and retrain our thinking to teach students how to regulate and manage their feelings versus "getting back to the green zone."

It's important to understand the different tools to regulate your zones. Its important to understand we can't always be green but we need to response appropriately regardless of the zone.

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We don't need to change zones, we need to regulate within, manage, and take care of the zone we are in.

It is important to know yourself and how you can be most successful in any zone. Learning to identify and advocate for your needs.

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Recognize and help students identify what zone they are in and help them manage getting in a ready to learn mindset.

Not all of us learn in the green zone. Part of being a functional learner and person is learning what we need to function and learn where we are.

2023-11-30 14:22:23 UTC

All emotions on zones are okay to have. Focusing on how to regulate in each of the zones is important. #alwaysberegulating

2023-11-30 14:22:32 UTC

The Zones of Regulation

2023-11-30 14:22:36 UTC

Explain to students that it is okay and normal to be in different zones. When we are in the different zones, we need to learn how to manage our behavior in each zone in order to be ready to learn.

Zones

2023-11-30 14:23:11 UTC

All zones are okay. We just need to regulate within, manage, and take care of the zone that we are in so that we can accomplish our goals.

We need to teach tools that students can do/use to regulate within the zone they are in so that they can learn.

2023-11-30 14:23:17 UTC

kathurlow — 2023-11-30 14:23:56 UTC

Students need tools and knowledge with how to cope and manage their feelings for the zone they are in for their well being

Meet Children where they are at.

2023-11-30 14:24:00 UTC

We in life are going to have a rainbow spectrum of feelings and it is imperative to let kids understand that while teaching them how to manage them and respond from there.

2023-11-30 14:24:00 UTC

Place the focus on tools/strategies to manage your emotions and function in the zone you are in.

2023-11-30 14:24:01 UTC

Teaching students that you can you still learn and regulate your emotions no matter what zone you're in.

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2023-11-30 14:25:21 UTC

All zones are ok to be in! We need to teach students the tools in order to help them regulate the zone they are in.

mepirman — 2023-11-30 14:25:33 UTC

Honor their feelings.

We need to help them realize which zone they are in, reassure it's ok and normal to feel that zone, then together how to regulate within that zone so they can participate and remain/return to the classroom.

2023-11-30 14:55:15 UTC