Spirituality
This is how spirituality has been explained.
What is something that provides a meaning for life, a sense of connection with something beyond the individual, and attention to the spirit within? (answers may vary)
The brain chemical that promotes feelings of happiness.
What is dopamine?
This general activity may increase the levels of serotonin, endorphins, and dopamine.
What is exercise?
This zone of emotional regulation includes emotions such as sad, bored, tired, and sick.
What is the blue zone?
This population of individuals are more susceptible to adverse life events that cause trauma.
Who are individuals with IDD?
True or false: Spirituality always refers to religious experiences.
False. Spirituality may include religious practices, but it is not the only part of spirituality.
This brain chemical may have low levels if you are experiencing symptoms such as pain, anxiety, depressed feelings, impulsivity, or mood swings.
What are endorphins?
These activities may increase the neurochemical oxytocin, which may promote feelings of trust, bonding, empathy, and other social-emotional feelings.
What is hugging a loved one, socializing with friends, or interacting with an animal? (answers may vary)
This zone of emotional regulation includes emotions such as overjoyed, angry, panicked, and terrified.
What is the red zone?
This historical event contributed to high rates of trauma in individuals with IDD.
What is the historical segregation of individuals with IDD?
These are the four pieces and needs for the framework for spirituality.
Doing, being, becoming, and belonging
This brain chemical may have low levels if you are feeling anxious or compulsive, having mood swings, or having low self-esteem.
What is serotonin?
These activities may promote the release of dopamine, which promotes feelings of happiness, enjoyment, motivation, and reinforcement.
What is exercise, checking off an item on a to-do list, using creativity through art or music, or playing a game? (answers may vary)
This zone of emotional regulation includes emotions such as happy, focused, calm, and proud.
What is the green zone?
There is a lack of this for individuals with IDD in regards to trauma informed care.
What are appropriate assessments?
This is how spirituality is incorporated into one's everyday life.
What are habits, roles, and routines?
This brain chemical may have low levels if you feel lonely, anxious, unmotivated, stressed, socially disconnected, or are having trouble sleeping.
What is oxytocin?
These activities may promote the release of endorphins in the brain, which may have effects on managing pain, stress, and discomfort.
What is exercise or laughter? (answers may vary)
This zone of emotional regulation includes emotions such as worried, frustrated, silly, and excited.
What is the yellow zone?
Access to these services have helped decrease the rates of trauma in individuals with IDD.
What are community-based services?
These are things that can promote a sense of belonging and purpose for individuals.
What are meaningful activities, such as decorating a room for a holiday, yoga and deep breathing, mindfulness, and storytelling?
The brain chemical that may have low levels if you are feeling unmotivated, anxious, not confident, or hopeless, have low energy levels, or being unable to focus.
What is dopamine?
These activities may help increase the release of the neurochemical serotonin, which may play a role in feeling confident and significant as well as stabilizing one's mood.
What is oaking in the sunshine or cyclical exercise, such as swimming or running?
This is the purpose of the zones of emotional regulation.
What is a visual and colored strategy to help individuals understand and classify emotions and to help them understand the principles of regulating their emotions more independently? (answers may vary)
This common characteristic for individuals with IDD has contributed to higher rates of trauma.
What are communication deficits?