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 Everyone experiences different emotions throughout a day. This week we talked about the importance of being aware of our emotions and gaining control of them so we can learn and live a healthy life! Classes reviewed "The Zones of Regulation" by discussing what emotions we feel in each zone. We  used the following videos to help us identify the emotion(s) the character was feeling and what zone(s) they were in. Crabby Girl: Red zone  My Valentine: Blue zone/yellow zone  Elf: Dancing on the table Yellow zone  We also discussed how our emotions can affect others around us in a positive and negative way (good thoughts about us or uncomfortable thoughts about us).  ex. If I am in the red zone and I start screaming and yelling at a friend, others might start to get a negative feeling or uncomfortable thoughts about me.  After reviewing important social/emotional terms ( Zones of Regulation, self-regulation, self-regulation tools, emotions, expect

We are all different This week for our group time (Friday assembly) we focused on the topic "We are all different"! We looked at the question "How are we the same and how are we different?". Similarities shared by students: - We all have hair - We all go to school - We have families - We wear clothes - We eat food - We all like things Differences shared by students: - We all like different things - We all have different disabilities - We are all unique - We have different skin colour - We eat different foods - We look different - We all have different ideas - We act in different ways We watched the Ted Talk Video "We are all different and that's awesome". What is it that makes you different? What makes you jump out of bed? Cole Blakeway, a messy ten year old, teaches us the value of celebrating differences as he describes his beautiful friendship with Steven, a 44 year old man with Autism. Cole Blakeway reminds us t

Whenever we’re around other people, we’re involved in problem solving as a means to figure out how to act, what to say, and how to keep ourselves and others feeling comfortable together. Social problem solving is complex and requires us to consider many different aspects of a situation and the people in it. Before you think about teaching problem solving to your child, we encourage you to first think about your own adult experiences with in-the-moment problem solving. Have you ever overacted to a problem? Most of us have experienced times when our reaction didn’t match the actual size of the problem! And, we may have noticed the response in others or the consequences that followed. While we all want our children to become more successful with problem solving, we need to keep in mind that if we, as adults who have had years of practice, still struggle with this in our own lives, it’s unrealistic to expect to teach kids to fully control their own behaviors and problem solv