Emotional Self-Regulation Task Cards: 23 Printable Calm Corner Strategies

Are your students struggling with emotional regulation and dysregulated behaviours? Use these printable calming strategies anywhere, anytime, without the need for a designated calm corner. Just print and go! Bright design with dot dudes, suitable for middle and high school!

Why these Emotional Self-Regulation Cards must be a part of every teacher’s classroom management toolkit:

• Proactively reduces challenging behaviours by supporting students to develop their self-regulation skills. 
• No-prep, no additional resources needed, no calm corner needed, just print, put in your teacher bag, and go! 
• Most calm strategies can be done right there in their seats without needing to cause distraction and disruption to the lesson.
• Empowers students with strategies for regulation they can use anywhere in the real world.

How you can use your Emotional Self-Regulation Cards:

• Keep cards in a central location for students who might need them
  Equip students with strategies for self-regulation
• Create a ‘regulation keychain’ by printing, laminating, and attaching together.
• Provide a set to students who struggle with their regulation to use whenever needed
• Strategies can be chosen with individual students as pre-planned regulation strategies.
• Use as a part of your restorative discussions when making plans for the next lesson

What’s included with these Emotional Self-Regulation Cards:

• 25 regulation cards to print, cut, and go!
  4 categories of regulation strategies to cater to the different regulation needs of students: Move it, do it, think it, feel it! Short, concise, easy instructions, and visual.
• Canva template to create your own cards
• Editable version to change the wording of the strategies
• BONUS breathing exercises cards