Emotional regulation can be a difficult skill to master for those with ASD or ADHD.
Teaching appropriate activities to do after identifying the emotion you are feeling is VERY important in helping students learn how to safely navigate their feelings.
It is NOT about control, it’s about management or regulation. Many students get frusterated they can’t just STOP being mad for example and will be triggered by phrases like “calm down”.
They need to be guided to the conclusion that “calm down” and other similar phrases are referring to “go take care of yourself”.
So today’s resource is a poster, that can become a banner if cut horizontally. Or cards you can hand your students or keep on a ring.
Like always, I take requests. I used free images from Canva to create this resource.
Updated: 7/5/25
I decided to change the color system to Blue/Green/Yellow/Red
1) to match my other emotional posters
2) stay consistent
3) to match traffic stop light logic
Hope it helps! Having multiple color posters in the classroom doesn’t work for autistic children after using it in the classroom for a week haha
