Charlotte Verity Professional Learning (School Based)

SELF-REGULATION = staying calmly alert, focused and managing emotions in a way that is socially acceptable. THE ALERT PROGRAMME... * is a way of thinking about internal state, without focusing on emotions. * uses neutral language AROUSAL = HOW ALERT ONE FEELS To attend, concentrate and perform tasks in a manner suitable to the situational demands, one's nervous system must be in the optimum state of arousal (Mercer & Snell 1977). We need to be in exactly the right state of arousal to attend and complete a task.                  How is your engine running? Take the time to stop and check, how is your engine running? Ask the students, how is your engine running? Discuss how the class' engine is running (as a group). You can use a speedometer picture to show this. What affects self-regulation? * Physiological needs e.g. hunger, fatigue * Sensory processing difficulties e.g. over-sensitive or under-sensitiv...

Session One  Mindfulness Meditation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfWK6hvUjEg  There are four processes involved in mindfulness: 1. NOTICE and attend to the experience  Recognise the symptoms...e.g. the tiger of anxiety may feel like fast breath, not being able to sleep, an unsettled stomach... 2. Make space for it ....be ok with experiencing it! 3. Respond skillfully (rather than REACT habitually) 4. Over time, grow a greater understanding of what makes wellbeing Likewise, mindfulness is a strategy for not being caught up by the 'monkey mind' (brain chatter!). WHY?  Emotions (negative and positive!) pass in 90 seconds BUT our internal dialogue stops them. Our self-talk keeps an emotion inside our heads and our 'now' experience. STOP the self-talk; BE AWARE of the feeling and LET IT PASS. ANXIETY: triggers the same fight, flight or fantasy that real physical danger does! THE DAILY PROCESS:  1. Set a time 2. Find a relaxed, alert position 3. ...