Ready-To-Regulate

This GoogleDrive gives you COMPLETE access to all things SENSORY and REGULATION resources from a licensed and registered Doctor of Occupational Therapy and Certified Trauma Professional. This collection of resources is useful for OT practitioners, mental health practitioners, special education/general education teachers, parents and more! This is a dynamic Google Drive with access to constantly added new and improved resources - there are over 50+ resources available for you right away! The Goog

Fidgets, flexible seating, and other regulation strategies are a great way to promote readiness to learn! BUT, using these strategies for regulation purposes need to be explicitly taught, modeled, and reinforced. It is often that these "tools" can quickly become "toys" in the classroom. We want to teach children that the way we use our tools supports our learning and engagement in the classroom setting. This resource includes:Visuals of Tools vs. ToysChecklist for understanding Tools vs. Toys

Evidence supports that students benefit from intentional and explicit teaching on social emotional learning. Implementing classroom sensory and self-regulation tools can be highly beneficial - when they are taught and implemented with structure and expectation! Introduce how to use sensory and self-regulation tools with this social story!

Help educators and caregivers understand our 8 sensory systems!1

Classroom management tools and teacher reflection sheet for "challenging: behaviors. Utilize this trauma-responsive worksheet and reflection to reframe how we identify and intervene with 'behaviors'. Behaviors are simply a form of communication for an unmet need. When we are able to think critically of the students' unmet need, we are more readily available to address the root cause.

Help educators and parents understand the complexities of self-regulation and how sensory and emotional regulation impacts behavior!