At Taylors Falls Elementary, SCRED OT Emily (right) collaborated with teacher Tracy (left), the incredibly generous PTO, and others to make calming corners a universal classroom practice in lower grade levels. Wow! 🤩 What a great way to help young Wildcats learn the valuable life skill of stepping away for a moment before your temper 🌡️ gets you in trouble. 😉
Speaking of self-regulation — interest in this topic continues to spike! Our behavior coordinators recently led trainings on Trauma-Informed Practices, and promoting emotional intelligence and self-regulation skills are enormously important! Naturally, there's been an explosion of popularity in Yale University's Mood Meter — a state-of-the-art emotional intelligence framework!