Meridith Hicks

Help Students Connect Body Signals, Emotions & Zones — Visually! Make emotional regulation concrete and engaging with this mascot-style, color-coded Zones Self-Assessment Toolkit designed for elementary students. These highly visual, student-friendly worksheets help learners: ✔ Identify body signals ✔ Connect emotions to Zones ✔ Reflect on why emotions match a Zone ✔ Self-rate understanding ✔ Build regulation awareness Perfect for PBIS classrooms, SEL lessons, small groups, or Check-In/Che

This 6-week Executive Functioning CICO / SEL intervention provides explicit instruction and daily practice to help students improve impulse control, emotional regulation, and sustained attention. Designed for Tier 2 support, this resource fits easily into Check-In/Check-Out (CICO) systems and can be implemented in just 10 minutes a day Target Skills: ✔ Impulse Control ✔ Emotional Regulation ✔ Sustained Attention Core Outcome: Students learn to use tools to return to participating and

My Calm-Down & Feelings Journal is a 6-week Check-In/Check-Out (CICO) student journal designed to help young learners build emotional awareness, self-regulation, and calm-down strategies through daily reflection Students complete simple morning check-ins and afternoon check-outs using developmentally appropriate prompts focused on feelings, body awareness, calm-down tools, and positive self-talk. Weekly reflections and a final celebration page support growth and goal-setting. ✨ This journal

Help students build self-awareness and emotional regulation skills with this engaging, visual Triggers Tracker aligned to the Blue, Green, Yellow, and Red Zones. This student-friendly resource supports children in identifying triggers they notice throughout the day and reflecting on their level of awareness. Designed with bright, calming visuals and adorable animal characters (sloth, turtle, horse, and dragon), this tool makes emotional reflection feel safe and approachable. What Students Pract

These Executive Functioning CICO Visual Strategy Cards provide simple, student-friendly visuals to support impulse control, emotional regulation, and attention during daily check-ins and classroom routines The cards feature key strategies such as Pause–Plan–Do, Stop–Slow–Go, and Name It to Tame It, making them ideal for desk use, lanyards, check-in folders, or small-group interventions. ✨ Designed to be used alongside: Executive Functioning CICO Intervention | Tier 2 PBIS & SEL Executive

This FREE Executive Functioning CICO Student Reflection Packet provides daily, student-friendly response pages to support impulse control, emotional regulation, and sustained attention in grades 3–5 Students reflect on their use of strategies, identify their Zone, and practice skills that help them return to participating and showing expected behaviors. This resource is designed to be used alongside: Executive Functioning CICO Intervention | Tier 2 PBIS & SEL | 6-Week, 10-Minute Lessons (Gr