Target audience: K-12 educational assistants, instructional leaders, pre-service teachers and teachers are encouraged to attend.
In this 4-part Lunch & Learn series, learn how the nervous system's responses can affect emotional regulation and children’s ability to fully participate in the classroom.
We will explore practical strategies for down-regulating and up-regulating the nervous system (for self and students). Finally, learn about the science of co-regulation, how our nervous systems can affect one another, and how to leverage this for emotional regulation with your students. Each session will include ready-to-implement strategies to strengthen emotional regulation in your classroom.
Part 1: Exploring the Nervous System & How it Affects Regulation
In this session we will discuss how the body and brain respond to stress, how this affects learning, and explore some practical strategies for developing regulation awareness and coping skills.
Part 2: The Window of Tolerance & Returning to Regulation
In this session we will discuss hyperarousal, hypoarousal, and returning to a regulated state. Practical strategies for implementing the window of tolerance in class will be provided.
Part 3: Research-Informed Strategies for Regulation
In this session we will learn somatic, mindfulness-based, grounding, and various other regulation strategies that can be easily implemented into your teaching practice.
Part 4: Co-Regulation & A Relational Model
In this session we will discuss nervous system attunement strategies to utilize the student-teacher relationship to affect regulation. The Regulate, Relate, Reason model will be explored for easy application in the classroom.