The Zones of Regulation

A curriculum designed to foster self-regulation and emotional control this regulation framework and curriculum teaches strategies for managing emotions and sensory needs to children. Rooted in cognitive behavioural therapy, The Zones framework uses four colours to help individuals identify how they are feeling in the moment given their energy, emotions, and level of alertness, creating a coloured system to guide them to metacognitive strategies and tools to support regulation. By helping children to understand how to read their bodies, detect triggers, think about the social context, and consider their reactions, individuals can be supported to learn how to increase their ability to regulate their emotions, manage their sensory needs, and become more self-aware and skilful problem solvers.