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To understand the few instances when intensive behavioral interventions may be warranted, here are five specific definitions that outline the legal statutes and minimum standards that must be applied before engaging in Restraint and Time-Out (RTO)

This icon-focused plan encourages students of all abilities to identify emotions and tools to return to a regulated state.

These cards promote conversations about being mindful throughout life.

For use with the breathing board resources

This icon-focused plan encourages students of all abilities to identify emotions and the tools to return to a regulated state. This plan provides a template for adults to engage students in discussions about different feelings and ways to regulate unwanted or uncomfortable emotions.

This resource can help facilitate morning meeting conversations, enhance social-emotional learning, or practice peer social skills.

'Getting it Together!' is a student-focused tool to guide thoughts following a problem with staff or a peer that may require a restorative conversation to resolve the issue and repair the school community.

Mindfulness is being fully aware of the moment-by-moment thoughts/feelings/actions in oneself. Teaching students mindfulness, a relaxation technique, enables them to have a positive mindset.

This tool allows students to review what will happen in their restorative circle before it begins. Providing advanced notice of what to expect and coaching socially appropriate responses helps reduce anxiety for some students.

My Circle Rules offers three different versions, allowing staff to choose a tool that fits the needs of their students for learning restorative circle rules.

This resource is a strategy to help students practice positive self-talk.

The Sensation poster is a visual for helping students grow their sensation vocabulary list.

This handout will give staff a snapshot of what students may be experiencing and feeling based on observed behaviors.

This document has six apps that teens can download that will help with coping and emotional regulation.

Thinks Sheets are reflective activities designed to help students focus on their body sensations that occurred during a time of dysregulation. The activity helps a student to identify sensations and feelings they may have experienced and helps to identify strategies for self-regulation when experiencing similar sensations in the future.

Visual Pacing Strips are flexible tools that allow adults to control the visual progression of time-based on student response or age and vary accordingly. They are effective for class-wide application and as a layer of additional support for individual students.

The When I Feel... I Can Try... strategy offers images for students to focus on to help re-frame negative thoughts into positive feelings.