Flipping Your Lid - Stress Response: Classroom Management, Kids, Self-regulation

Looking for a system to help children understand stress and how it affects their brain and body?

Our "Flipping Your Lid" resources not only explain our brain's & body's responses with information and colourful & easy-to-comprehend diagrams, but also likening the brain parts to animals that students can relate to. A 'story' using these animals as characters is a cute way to visualise the events happening in the brain when calm or stressed.

Hand signal posters are included to support understanding of stress response in brain kinaesthetically which may also be used as a classroom management tool to assist students to communicate their ability to cope with activities that may heighten their emotions (eg introducing a new concept or skill, preparing for an oral presentation, attending a loud or quiet event such as assembly where students may be overstimulated or require movement).

An informative PowerPoint is also included with quiz at the end to check for understanding.

♥ BENEFITS ♥

Children quickly and effectively learn:

♥  to identify how their bodies and brains respond during stressful times,

♥  to monitor and track their emotional changes throughout the day/across various subjects

♥  why self-awareness is important to take informed actions to get back to their ‘happy place’ (the green zone) more rapidly,

♥  to manage their stress levels more effectively,

♥  to be more forgiving of themselves with the awareness that when they 'Flip their Lid' their ability to make wise choices is hindered.

Teachers, school counsellors and carers can:

♥  monitor children’s feelings, stress levels, energy levels at a quick glance

♥  accommodate classroom management strategies to cater to children’s individual needs

♥  integrate the knowledge and activities for daily opportunities to teach self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and social management (in alignment with CASEL social-emotional wellbeing framework)

♥ become more forgiving of children's behaviour choices with this awareness of how their ability to make wise choices is hindered when stressed.

♥ build a positive, supportive community

♥ WHAT’S INCLUDED:♥

Flipping Your Lid Information

♥ 5 Information sheets including colourful diagrams explaining our brain & body's responses during stress

♥ 4 posters with hand signal/traffic light system to help engage children or use as classroom management system to monitor coping levels

♥ A worksheet to reflect on a stressful event

♥ PowerPoint presentation – explaining the brain and body's responses during stress (Blue, Green, Yellow & Red Zones)

YOU’LL LOVE THIS IF:

♥ you feel disconnected from students or children in your care & want to connect and understand them more deeply

♥ you want to teach children why self-awareness is important for our overall wellbeing

♥ you want to develop self-regulation in your students/children through daily reflection

♥ you want to create a shared language in the classroom/home to express emotions and energy levels

♥ you want to establish a trauma-informed classroom or home environment

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CREDIT to Leah Kuyers, the original creator of the ‘Zones of Regulation’. Some of these resources were designed to complement the use of this and are independent of this program.

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