Student Environment Tool Name and Demonstration

Characteristics Task
Tool 1 Students using This tool can be Traveling Zones This schedule is
this traveling used both in the of Regulation attached to a
zones schedule classroom and at Schedule for lanyard so that it
may experience home. It is a emotional is easily
difficulties traveling identification transported. The
regulating or schedule and regulation. cards correspond
expressing their intended for the Allows for the to each
emotions. child to access students to emotional zone
This tool may be any time that associate of regulation,
beneficial for they need. emotions with e.g., green zone
students with colors, learn (happy), yellow
autism or words to zone (annoyed),
emotional associate with red zone (angry),
disabilities, but the emotions, blue zone (sad).
if can help any and learn On the back of
student having strategies to help each card are
trouble regulate their strategies for the
identifying or emotions. student to use
regulating their when they are
emotions. feeling that
specific emotion.
This teaches
them emotion
regulation and
techniques that
are always
accessible to
them.
Tool 2 Students who are This can be used Scarf Breathing The student will
using this in a variety of Strategy toss a light scarf
breathing environments, into the air and
strategy may such as at home The student watch it fall, at
experience or in the should be the same time
anxiety or classroom. This instructed to toss breathing in as
difficulties with would be a the scarf into the they toss and
emotional beneficial air while breathe out as
regulation. activity for breathing in, and they watch the
These are students who watching it fall scatf fall. They
characteristics require sensory while breathing will repeat this
that many breaks and out. They can action.
children may benefit from repeat this action
experience, deep-breathing as a calming
making it activities. technique to help
appropriate for Activities like with emotional
 all kinds of this can also be regulation or as
done in a sensory
classrooms as a activity.
group activity
before high-
stakes or
stressful tests.
Tool 3 Students who This tool can be Math Counters Students with
may benefit used for reading for Visual visual
from this tool at home or in the Reading Aid impairments can
would be those classroom. One choose from a
with visual of the benefits of Transparent variety of colors
impairments or transparent counters, with transparent
young readers counters is that typically used as counters to
who need they are small math determine which
something tactile and portable so manipulatives, color best meets
to track their they can be used are used to their needs while
words while anywhere. change the reading. They
reading. contrast of the will hold the
text that the counter over the
student is words while
reading. This reading,
tool can also be changing the
used for early contrast of the
readers to track text they are
their words reading. For
while they are early readers this
reading. acts as a tactile
tracking device
to keep track of
the words while
reading. It
visually grabs
their attention
and helps them
follow along
with the words.