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Finding My Calm: Staying Cool at School |
Goal and Objectives
Goal: To support the child in developing problem-solving skills and managing stress and frustration in school.
Objectives:
The Student will learn to:
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- adapt when there is a change in the schedule at school.
- use calming strategies when stressed.
- ask for help when feeling overwhelmed or confused.
- handle difficult situations and focus on finding solutions.
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Social Narrative
This narrative describes a social situation or activity and answers key questions: What, When, Where, Why and How. It helps individuals with special needs understand the appropriate behaviours and responses for similar situations.
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Pocket-sized cards featuring key images to help enhance visual memory, comprehension and communication skills by promoting an understanding of abstract concepts.
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Cue Cards
Visual cues to help support communication, promote positive actions, assist in social interactions, aid task completion, teach self-regulation and demonstrate expected behaviour.
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Visual cards to assist individuals with special needs to express their needs, emotions, comments and choices. This improves communication, reduces frustration and behavioural challenges, supports social interaction and promotes independence.
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Key and Important Simple Strategies Cards
K.I.S.S. Cards
Pocket-sized Do’s and Don’ts cards to help encourage appropriate behaviour and clarify right from wrong. They support emotional regulation, improve social skills, enhance choice-making, assist with transitions and routines and build confidence.
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Social narrative presented in a poster that can be printed and displayed at home or school.
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Power Script
Pocket-sized cards featuring positive affirmations that serve as an inner voice, providing motivation and boosting self-confidence.
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Poster version of Power Scripts with special characters and a space for inserting a child’s image for personalisation.
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Self Expression Through Use of Pictures Script
SETUP Script
This is a comic-style conversation based on a scenario related to the topic.
Click to downloadAudiobook
An audio version of the narrative to help auditory learners.
Finding My Calm: Staying Cool at School – Click here to play
Video – Finding My Calm: Staying Cool at School
A video version of the narrative to help visual learners.
Audio – Power Voice in Male Voice
Audio – Power Voice in Female Voice
| I remember to remind myself of strategies to calm myself when I feel overwhelmed –Click here to play Believe in yourself. Staying calm helps you find answers, even when things are tough –Click here to play A checklist is like having a trusted friend; it makes getting ready much easier –Click here to play Asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness –Click here to play Calmness can be like a superpower; it helps me handle tough situations –Click here to play Every problem has a solution if you use careful thought, creativity, and determination –Click here to play | I remember to remind myself of strategies to calm myself when I feel overwhelmed –Click here to play Believe in yourself. Staying calm helps you find answers, even when things are tough –Click here to play A checklist is like having a trusted friend; it makes getting ready much easier –Click here to play Asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness –Click here to play Calmness can be like a superpower; it helps me handle tough situations –Click here to play Every problem has a solution if you use careful thought, creativity, and determination –Click here to play |
| Source and Attribution of images All images used in the above Assets and Aids are originally created. |
| This digital material has been developed by the Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vahini Inclusive Education Project, a unit of Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, Prasanthi Nilayam, as a collaborative offering in the service of our nation. |