OT Jeopardy

Calming Breaks

100

Carrying this during your walk will help you body be more organized and ready to learn.

Weighted ball or weights

200

You lay under this to help your body feel more grounded and calm

Weighted blanket

300

You pull on these to give your arms and legs information to get organized and calm

Therapy Bands

400

Box, finger and lazy 8 are these types of activities that will help you achieve a calmer, regulated state.

Breathing

500

Name four items you can use to help you take a regulating break to achieve a calm, regulated state.

Swing, Therapy ball, Weighted ball, Weighted blanket, Theraband, 

Box, Finger or Lazy 8 breathing

The Senses

100

This sense may distract you when you are trying to work. You may need a quieter space.

Hearing

200

This sense helps you find items in a messy drawer or on a cluttered desk.  It is important to put items back where they below.

Sight 

300

These two senses give you information about what your muscles are doing and what position your head is in.  Many motor room activities feed these two senses.

Proprioception (muscles)

Vestibular (head position)

400

This sense tells you what your body needs and helps you understand your body signals.

Interoception

500

Name all 8 senses that help your body be in control, pay attention and do tasks in a coordinated way

Taste, Smell, Touch, Sight, Hearing,

Proprioception, Vestibular and Enteroception

The Zones

100

Angry, Mad

Red

200

Silly/Wiggly

Yellow

300

Moving Slowly, Tired

Blue

400

Worried, Anxious

Yellow

500

Name the four Zones and an emotion associated with each zone.

Red-Angry,Mad,Out of Control

Blue- Sad, Sick, Tired, Bored

Yelllow-Frustrated, Worried, Anxious, Silly, Excited

Green- Happy, Calm, Focused, Ready to Learn

Problems & Solutions

100

PROBLEM:  A student in your classroom is yelling and acting out of control.

SOLUTION:  Ignore them, Let your teachers handle it.

200

PROBLEM:  You are feeling anxious or upset.

SOLUTION:  Go into the quiet space or Take a Motor Break

300

PROBLEM:  You don't understand the lesson that is going on in the classroom.

SOLUTION:  Ask your teacher for help.

400

You want to strike out or yell but instead....

STOP, OPT and GO.

STOP, think about your OPTions and GO take a break, choose an appropriate/safe action.

500

People in your school you can talk to if you are having a tough day or time

Teachers, Counselors, Nurse, Therapists, Principal

Motor Breaks

100

A large ball to sit on and bounce or lay over and roll

Therapy Ball

200

Large, round and you can jump on it

Trampoline

300

You can walk up and down the hall pushing this with your feet

Heavy Ball

400

You hold a position for several seconds shaped like a tree or a chair. 

Yoga

500

It sits on the floor and spins in either direction.

Astronaut Board