From Behavior Coaches
REGULATION ROUTINES IN THE CLASSROOM:
Each week we will highlight one of our Top 10 Behavior Coaching Tools for reducing challenging behavior. This week, our topic is REGULATION ROUTINES (something else we could all use more of right now!)
Tool #2: Routines for Regulation
What are the student’s break options and routines?
- In order for students to be “ready to learn” and able to access your instruction, they need to be in the “green zone” and working from their cortex. Providing all students with regulation routines and brain breaks supports them to be ready to learn.
- Determine routines for checking in with students (and staff) on where they are at, scheduled breaks and breaks as needed, tools/activities that are regulating for students, and create visual checklists to support your student’s or class break routines.
- Tools: Break Routine Checklist (English), Break Checklist (Spanish), Zones of Regulation, Modes of Regulation, Daily Check In (Secondary), Break Visual (LIPI), Sensory Kit Ideas using Neurologic Concepts, Neurologic Visual
- Virtual Tools for Regulation: Virtual Visual Check-Ins; Bend La Pine K-5 Virtual Break Space
NEUROSEQUENTIAL MODEL
EPISODE 2: Stress, Trauma, and the Brain: Insights for Educators – How Stress Impacts Brain Function Over the next several weeks, we will be highlighting Dr. Bruce Perry’s work, The Neurosequential Model in Education. Dr. Perry’s work is based on an understanding of the structure and sequential nature of the brain, which can help educators increase their students’ engagement in learning and mitigate behavioral problems. Dr. Perry talks about stress as a natural part of life and how we all experience it daily. We don’t often think about what stress does to our brain, our ability to learn new concepts, get along with others, or recall information. In this episode Dr. Perry discusses the impact of stress on students and teachers, and explains how creating a safe, secure environment is critical to allowing students to reach their full potential. The video is 5-minutes long and will change how you think about your students.
The Behavior Coaches blog is full of resources for PBIS, Social-Emotional Learning, Trauma-Informed Practices and more.
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