Self-Regulation and Managing Emotions Coping Strategies Journal: Digital & Print

This self-regulation journal is designed for upper elementary students and gives them the chance to practice important self-regulation skills in order to better understand and manage their emotions. Students will learn which feelings and actions are associated with each color and self-regulation coping strategies like positive self-talk to help regulate their emotions. This low-prep journal would be the perfect interactive activity for an individual student to work on over a few sessions or for a self-regulation small group.

The self-regulation journal is also great to use for data collection and progress monitoring! The daily, weekly, and monthly increments provide a useful tool to spot trends and problem areas with students who might otherwise be overlooked. Coloring opportunities on almost every page! **Updated to include Google Slides digital version**

This Activity Includes:

• Introduction guide to self-regulation with associated feelings and actions
• Suggested coping strategies across environments
• Positive self-talk statements to reference
• Support group identification
• 5 Different emotions sheets to identify and recall past experiences
• Daily self-regulation tracking sheet
• Weekly self-regulation tracking sheet
• Monthly self-regulation tracking mandala
• Self-regulation reflection questions
• Digital version

Students Will:

• Learn the different emotions and associated feelings and actions
• Identify coping skills to use at home, school, and in the community
• Identify people in their support system
• Practice and create positive self-talk statements
• Empathize with another person's emotions and recall a time they felt that way and the events that followed
• Track how their feelings change daily, weekly, and monthly
• Observe and reflect on why they think their feelings change

How to Assemble: Hole punch students' journals and put them into three-ring binders. Or, you could also just print and staple!