Brain Structure
Overview
Bucket
Fun 101
Dysregulation and Regulation
100

Name the "thinking brain"

Neocortex

100

What are 3 signs of regulation?

-must be regulation not DYSregulation

answers will vary

100
T/F: The bucket is unlimited

False

100

Who stars as Eleven in the Netflix series “Stranger Things”?

Millie Bobby Brown

100

What is a self care tool box?

A collection of resources that you can use to help stay regulated

200

Name the four structures in the Neocortex

Front lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe

200

“patterns of emotional experience or expression that interfere with goal-directed activity” (Thompson, 2019)

What is emotional dysregulation?

200

How can someone empty their bucket?

self care, coping skills

200

What is Harry Potter's pet owl's name?

Hedwig

200

name three warning signs of dysregulation

any of the following

  • Body signals
  • Racing Heart
  • Upset stomach
  • Easily Upset
  • Shaking, crying, sweating
  • Low Stress Tolerance
300

Name the four structures in the limbic system

hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala

300

Name the "Feeling brain"

Limbic system

300

give three examples of what might fill someone's bucket?

answers will vary

300

What is the fastest animal?

cheetah

300

Name two components of regulation

self care plans, talking to someone, coping skills

400

What does the hippocampus do?

Helps with the formation of new memories

400

What line can kids under 18 specifically call?

Youth Connection Helpline

400

What fills the bucket?

stress, trauma

400

What is my favorite app I discussed?

finch!!

400

What part of the brain takes over when we are dysregulated? 

Limbic System

500

What does the parietal lobe do?

decision making and spatial awareness

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: presenter will explain

Create a scenario where student asks for help, and the friend helps, and finds an adult to talk to 

(write this down, it does not need to be more than a few sentences)

answers will vary

500

Explain Window of Tolerance

Each and every one of has a bucket we carry in life. Every time we experience a stress, it pours into our bucket, and the more stress the fuller our bucket. 

or the amount of stress we can tolerate

500

What is the largest planet in the solar system

Jupiter

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: presenter will explain

Draw the cycle of dysregulation


presenter will check image