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The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep’s sick. If you want to be all educational, tongue twisters are a good way to work on pronunciation, too. Here are some curated for just that purpose. Big Idea: Regulation sits squarely in the self-management section of the CASEL wheel. Humans regulate just about everything in our bodies. Our blood pressure and blood flow, the level of hormones, water, and energy in our bloodstream, as well as the amount of stress on our muscles is all regulated by our brain and organ systems. Like those physiological symptoms, we also have the ability to regulate our emotions and the way respond to stimuli (our behavior). When we become hyper-aroused, our brain and body work in concert until we are back to normal. Likewise, when we become hypo-aroused, our brain and body work together to bring us back up to normal. This is self-regulation. As adults, we (theoretically) have the skills to self-regulate; skills that have taken a lifetime to learn, and that we are still honing. Kids don’t start having the ability to self-regulate until about the third grade. Instead, kids rely on co-regulation. Basically, their nervous systems are learning from ours how to self-soothe and stay within our ‘normal’ zone. You’ve seen kids fall and then look up at you to see how they should react. If you freak out, they start crying. If you tell them it’s OK, just shake it off, they’re fine. We need to make sure that we have the self-regulation skills that we can let them borrow our nervous system for regulation. In this way, co-regulation comes before self-regulation. Dysregulation is the lack of skills necessary to bring one’s nervous system back to equilibrium. Some adults live in a perpetual state of dysregulation and have no idea what it’s like to have inner calm. You’ve probably met them - after you’re around them, you notice that your system is off. Maybe you don’t stop and name it as dysregulation on their part, but you probably feel dislike, or pity, or just ‘some kind of way’. It’s actually your nervous system being put out of whack by their nervous system. This week, try this: The next time you feel frazzled by an email, student behavior, or your dog, NOTICE and NAME your emotion. Be as specific as possible. If you are feeling angry, maybe it’s frustration, and if you did a little deeper, perhaps you can distinguish between being infuriated and annoyed. Language matters! Quote: "Self-regulation is a better indicator of success than intelligence or talent." (Lawrence Steinburg) Educator Resource: Trauma-Informed Relationship-Focused Schools Conference - March 6 & 7, 2024 at The Knowledge Center at Chaddock (Quincy, IL). You're welcome to attend day one either virtually or in person. Day two is exclusively in person. Whether you can only attend the pre-conference workshop or the conference itself, that's perfectly fine. We're happy to accommodate what works best for you! Both the Pre-Conference Workshop and Conference address common challenges in education, such as feeling overworked, understaffed, or unsupported, and provide strategies for reaching students and managing behavior. INFORMATION TICKETS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION Dad Joke: It was so cold yesterday my computer froze. It was my own fault; I left too many windows open.
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