Category: Practical Tips
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7 regulation activities for young adults
Here at Lighthouse Transitional Care, we play a lot of fun and crazy games together and generally have an amazing time! But outside of these meetings and activities, we know our young adults are struggling. Sometimes, a tough commute on the way to a class or meeting can cause them to completely flip their lid.…
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Our favorite fidgets
Join Callie in the sensory corner for a show and tell of her favorite fidgets. We use fidgets to help us regulate our entire system as we work with young adults who have experience trauma.
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3 (more) dysregulation activities
We thought we were done when we complied our favorite dysregulation activities, but we can’t help it! We just love to play.
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Moving between blue, red and green: a new perspective on the zones of regulation
Have you heard of the zones of regulation? If you work in the world of trauma and healing, you probably have. But if not, here’s a quick summary. The zones of regulation are colors that have been assigned to different emotions (and the body feelings associated with them). The idea and hope is to help…
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You can call me…
Many of the youth we work with have complicated family histories, or no connection to their biological families at all. This means that having or using an endearing nickname can be an opportunity for rebuilding an identity that was never provided to them.
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7 dysregulation activities
You can use dysregulation activities to teach former foster youth how to calm their minds and bodies.
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