The Zones of Regulation and incorporating the SMART table
The Zones of Regulation and incorporating the SMART table
Students who have self-regulation challenges benefit from increasing their understanding of
their learning needs. Leah Kuypers developed the Zones of Regulation Curriculum to help
students develop social, emotional and sensory regulation. Sequential lessons were taught to
individuals and to whole classrooms. In the activities, students learn how to use strategies
or tools to consciously regulate their actions, which in turn leads to increased control and
problem solving abilities. As a culminating activity a SMART table activity will be created for
students to show their learning of the different zones. The Smart table activity will also allow
students to share the tools or strategies that they found effective in each of their zones.