Description
Recorded: April 11, 2024
Length: 60-Minutes
Do your students seem to experience a variety of emotions that you struggle to interpret? Do your students have trouble expressing their self-regulation needs due to inconsistent communication or access to assistive technology? Do you need guidance in providing students with accessible tools to regulate themselves?
This presentation will prepare you to advocate for your students’ emotional and regulation needs and provide you with the tools to create a calming space where students can safely practice self-regulation skills in a supportive environment. You will leave with practical strategies for using readily available materials that can be simply switch-adapted to support students’ regulation needs and target a variety of sensory systems.
As a result of this activity, participants will be able to:
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Define emotional regulation and recognize its importance for their students.
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Identify three ways to use assistive technology and AAC to support emotion identification with their students.
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Demonstrate how to use assistive technology to create a calming environment for their students to practice self-regulation skills.
Kelly Clark, M.S., Occupational Therapist, ATP, specializing in working with children with complex communication and access needs, TST BOCES.
