The Zones of Regulation Glossary

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Across
  1. 3. A concept used to help students learn how to self-regulate while categorizing how the body feels and emotions.
  2. 4. A collection of calming and alerting strategies a student can pull from depending on the present need.
  3. 5. Used to describe positive thoughts.
  4. 6. Problems that many people share and that are able to be resolved in an hour to a couple of days.
  5. 8. Problems some people share that are able to be resolved in an hour to a couple of days.
  6. 14. Used to describe negative, self-defeating thoughts.
  7. 15. Behaviors that give people uncomfortable thoughts about you.
  8. 16. Used to describe a low state alertness; when one feels sad, tired, sick, or bored.
  9. 17. An irritant that causes a student to become less regulated and increases the likelihood of going into the Yellow or Red Zone.
  10. 18. The ability to achieve the preferred state of alertness for given situation.
Down
  1. 1. Used to describe the ideal state of alertness; when one feels calm, happy, focused, or content.
  2. 2. Used to describe a heightened state of alertness; when one may be experiencing stress, frustration, anxiety, excitement, silliness, or fear.
  3. 7. A flexible thinking pattern in which a person is able to consider different points of view or ways to do something.
  4. 9. Used to describe an extremely heightened state of alertness; when one may be experiencing anger, rage, explosive behavior, panic, extreme grief, terror, or elation.
  5. 10. A rigid thinking pattern in which a person gets stuck on an idea and has difficulty considering other options or ways to do something.
  6. 11. Problems that affect one or two people and can be ignored or solved in a matter of minutes.
  7. 12. Behaviors that give people around you good or comfortable thoughts about you.
  8. 13. The person or persons doing the expected or unexpected behavior in a situation.