The Zone’s of Regulation is a framework that was designed to help individuals with understanding and managing their emotions, behaviours and sensory needs. This framework shows that it supports neurodivergent and neurotypical learners, establishes better mind-body connection and awareness for those familiar with it, builds stronger connections with peers, and helps with learning enhancment and focus.

The Zone’s of Regulation break our emotions up into four categories….

The Green Zone – this is when an individual is feeling calm, happy, focused; “They have a calm energy and a sense of control”. When student’s are in this zone they will have an easier and more enjoyable time learning and engaging with classwork.

The Yellow Zone – this is when an individual is feeling silly, frustrated, worried; “Higher energy and stronger feelings”. This can very quickly escalate to the red zone or blue zone causing more distress for the individual. When student’s feel in the yellow zone they may start to get frustrated or tired of doing the class activity.

The Blue Zone – this is when an individual is feeling sad, tired, sick; “Low levels of enegry and down feelings”. When student’s are in this zone their may be a lack of engagement or interest in the activities. Their could also be a purposeful seperation created from the student to gain more space.

The Red Zone – this is when an individual is feeling scared, angry, out of control, or even overjoyed; “Extremely high energy and strongest feelings”. One thing to note about the red zone is that it doesn’t just depict anger but can represent extreme overjoyment that feels overwhelming. This zone is probably the hardest zone for a student to be experiencing while in a classroom trying to learn. The extreme feelings and energy makes it very hard to focus and often lead to emotional outbursts.