Emotional Regulation (Zones of Regulation)
Developing children’s emotional development is a really important part of maintaining good mental health and wellbeing. The Pioneer Federation uses the Zones of Regulation programme as a basis for our teaching of strategies to support developing emotional regulation and creating a toolkit of strategies to manage our ever changing emotions. This encourages children to become more self -aware and therefore developing independence and knowledge.
With our younger children we use ‘mood monsters’ to make early links with the colours of the zones system.
Each classroom has display to support emotional regulation. These are adapted according the age and development of each class cohort.
Strategies are taught at various times during the year at a whole class level and revisited on a daily basis. Where needed additional small group or individual work can take place to explore and develop a particular skill or strategy.
More information about the Zones of Regulation can be found here: www.zonesofregulation.com