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I approach this differently with older kids, by basically talking about the range of feelings that everyone experiences, and how to notice them, name them, describe where they are in the body (that “butterfly feeling” or “tight chest” or “clammy hands” – all of those is how the physical body is experiencing the feeling). Different states of alertness are necessary or naturally related to different situations. It is important to note that yellow and red zones do not indicate “bad” feelings. Finally, the red zone is an extremely heightened state of alertness and a person may be described as explosive, enraged, terrified, or elated. The yellow zone is a heightened state of alertness, with feelings frustration, annoyance, or even silliness.
The green zone is an ideal state of alertness where a person may be described as happy, calm, and in control. The blue zone represents low alertness and common related feelings may be tired or sick. This program gives language to the different feelings and helps provide tools so kids can learn how to stay in a desired zone, or move out of an undesired one. The basic premise is that we all have different “zones” of emotions that we cycle through during our days. This program was developed by a fellow occupational therapist and you can read all about it HERE. I often start with teaching young kids the Zones of Regulation to recognize their big emotions.
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