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East Jordan Elementary School Social-emotional spaces

East Jordan Elementary School found that students and staff identified self-management and self-awareness as areas of behavior struggles, with the classroom and playground as the most common sites for referrals. With the help from a C3F Youth Needs grant, EJES focused on creating social-emotional spaces for regulation in the classroom and the Student Success room where dysregulation in students can look like emotional outbursts, irritability, low tolerance for frustration, impulsive or aggressive behaviors, difficulty transitioning, etc. Additionally, the Elementary School sought to improve communication skills and conflict resolution on the playground through visual cues where students talk about how they feel, say what they need, listen and be heard, take responsibility for their part, and offer forgiveness and be forgiven.