What Zone

are
YOU in?
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Shake it Up!
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What is it? Components of Self

Self- The ability to adjust Regulation
Regulatio levels of alertness
AND
1. Sensory Processing and
Modulation
n direct how emotions are ★ Hidden Senses
revealed behaviorally in 1. Executive Functioning
socially adaptive ways in 2. Emotional Regulation
order to achieve goals 3. Social Cognition
~
Clair Kopp
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ACEs
Aversive Childhood Experiences
“Childhood experiences, both positive and negative,
have a tremendous impact on future violence,
victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and
opportunity”

Increase in ACEs correlates with increased risk of

depression, mental distress, disability and so much
more….

~Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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Hidden Curriculum
Expectations not taught
directly, learned through ★ Social
modeling, observation ★ Classroom Behavior
and/or intuitively. It is
taken for granted that ★ Implicit/Non-verbal
everyone knows these
rules.
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93% of all daily communication is

nonverbal
FACT: ★ 7% message conveyed through
WORDS
★ 38% certain vocal elements
★ 55% nonverbal (posture, gestures,
facial expressions)

~Dr. Albert Mehrabian author of Silent Messages

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★ Empathize, Support and Teach

rather than Punish, Shame and
Teaching Demean.
★ Meet Students Needs
○ Foundational Needs
★ Reduce Roadblocks
★ Create a Common Language
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➔ A teaching tool ➔ A discipline

The Zones model
Framewor ➔ A cognitive
framework ➔ A behavior
k approach
➔ A way to nurture
development of ➔ A way to shame
skills for negative
behavior
➔ Supportive in
nature ➔ Punitive in nature
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What
Zone?
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What’s Next?
Third Grade Implementation
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Our Identify
process
is easy
Environment

Tools/Strategie
s
*poster example
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Resources
www.zonesofregulation.com
www.socialthinking.com
www.livesinthebalance.org (Ross Greene)
Kids do Well if They Can by Ross Greene