Calming Techniques
Also, Demonstrate.
Smile, take a deep breath, and relax.
This is a teacher's primary job.
What is "to keep it safe" or Safekeeper?
Name at least 3 rituals.
What are
Greeting Ritual, School family song, I love you rituals, absent child ritual, welcome new friend ritual, safekeeper ritual, we wish well, ritual?
List the three brain states.
What are survival, emotional, and executive?
Teaching children to use their BIG voice involves teaching them this skill.
What is assertiveness?
I get all twisted up.
Demonstrate.
What is the pretzel?
How do we teach expected behavior?
What are routines?
This structure is designed to assist children in changing their inner state from upset to calm.
What is the Safe Place?
What are flight, fight, freeze or hitting, running away, submitting to teacher, etc.
Developing this skill will help you handle your own upset when your buttons are pushed.
What is composure?
This is represented with a balloon.
Demonstrate.
What is balloon breathing.
A climate that is safe and connected is called what?
What is school family?
This classroom structure is one of the most important because it helps children feel a part of the classroom family.
What are meaningful jobs?
A child who is needy, attention seeking, blaming, aggressive is operating from which brain state?
What is Emotional?
Controlling others is impossible. I can only control ___________________.
What is myself?
Straight arms, clench fists, breath, release.
Demonstrate.
What is drain breathing?
What four parts make a connection?
What is eye contact, touch, presence, and playful situation?
What is the purpose of visual rules and routines?
What is to provide children with pictures of what they can do to be successful?
What are children in the survival and emotional brain states seeking?
What are safety and love?
"No one can make you angry without your permission." What power is this?
What is perception?
Demonstrate a breathing technique you use that is not one of the basic 4.
Demonstration
Who are the Conscious Discipline characters that teach us skills?
Who are Shubert and Shophie?
List the four parts of your Brain Smart Start.
What are uniting, disengaging stress, connecting, and committing?
List the rituals you do for each.
False messaged gained through life are stored on your ____________________. Give an example.
What is your CD-ROM?
Examples -
This is the way I was taught, this is the way we've always done it, my mom reacted in this way...etc.
You must focus on this to change any behavior.
What is "what you want"?