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Types of Social Emotional Learning Programs

Looking at OT's role in SEL and the different assessments available, what SEL programs are appropriate to implement in your environment? How does OT fit? 

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Conscious Discipline

(Conscious Discipline, 2022)

A trauma-informed, adult-first method that integrate SEL, school culture and discipline for a healthier and more inclusive school environment. 

  • Brain State Model​

  • Seven Powers for Conscious Adults

  • Essential Ingredients for School Success

  • Seven Schools of Discipline

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According to the OT framework, routines and rituals are part of occupational participation that we as clinicians address. 

Yoga utilizes following an instructor and helps connect the mind, body, and breath while also making the practice individualized.

Learn more at ConsciousDiscipline.com

Zones of Regulation

(Zones of Regulation, 2021)

The zones of regulation teaches students skills toward a better understanding of their own emotional pathways. ​

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  • Utilize a variety of tools and strategies for emotional regulation, prosocial skills, self-care, and wellness. 

    • Tools and strategies for mindfulness, sensory integration, movement, thinking strategies, wellness, and connection with others.

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By incorporating the Zones of Regulation, students can improve their occupational participation in schools and with socialization and play 

By understanding how our emotions affect our bodies, yoga can help be a tool to help children comprehend how their body feels and self-regulate based on the environmental and situational factors. 

Learn more at ZonesofRegulation.com

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The ALERT Program

(The Alert Program, 2022)

The program helps the user articulate their self-regulation by emphasizing how to change alert levels throughout the day in order to perform ADLs, work, play, learn, relax, and socialize.

  • Helps all team members learn about their own self-regulation so they can better support the client. 

  • Focuses on alertness at different parts of the day and in different situations 

    • High alert state, low alert state, optimal alert state

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From an OT perspective, this program teaches how to customize sensory diets. Additionally, EBP shows improved self-regulation and attention, coping, transitions, and executive functioning

​As OTs, we know that self-regulation underlies all therapeutic goals and interventions

The utilization of yoga offers different poses focused on a variety of alertness and “energy levels” throughout the practice which can be tied to the ALERT program. 

Learn more at TheAlertProgram.com

The ALERT Program. (2022, January 31). Self-Regulation Program Online for Beginners. https://www.alertprogram.com/new-to-alert-program/

Conscious Discipline. (2022, June 14). Conscious Discipline - Social and Emotional Learning. https://consciousdiscipline.com/

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The Zones of Regulation. (2021). Learn More about the Zones. THE ZONES OF REGULATION: A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING PATHWAY TO REGULATION. https://www.zonesofregulation.com/learn-more-about-the-zones.html

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