You Can Be a STAR!You Can Be a STAR!

Feelings are something you feel in your body…

How do you feel when you feel?

Happy

Sad

Scared

Mad

Where do you feel these feelings?

Feelings can change like the weather

Sunny

Partly Cloudy

Gray Skies

Rainy

Stormy

Some signs you might be getting stormy are…

•Tears

•Hot face

•Feelings of confusion

•Tight muscles

•Tight jaw

•Dizziness/ shallow breathing

•Fast heart beat

•Clenched fist

What do you feel when you are stormy?

It’s OK to be stormy, but it’s important to stay in control

A car that is in control can take you many places…

…while a car out of control rarely gets you where you need to go.

One way to stay in control is to become a STAR

STAR stands for…Stop

Think Act Review

When you start to feel stormy,

…it’s time to STOP…

…and calm down.

Here are some things that might help you get calm:

Deep breaths

 Count to 10

Use a fidget

Find a quiet

place

Walk

Exercise

Listen to

music

Write or draw

Read

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

When you are calm, you can THINK about the problem…

Use the problem solving wheel

Think of solutions that are…

Safe

Respectful, and

Responsible

If you get stuck, you can ask an adult for help.

Once you’ve made a good choice, you can ACT it out.

Then REVIEW your actions and decide if you made a good

choice