Are you feeling in the yellow zone?’ Thomas shouts across the playground as he chases the pirates away from a pot of treasure. As the children run around the playground and jump off imaginary planks into the sea, the atmosphere is one of high energy and playfulness. But the tide quickly turns. Outnumbered, Thomas is on the verge of tears as George and his friends steal the treasure. He is now in the Red Zone, one of the four Zones of Regulation devised by occupational therapist Leah Kuypers as a roadmap to help children organise their ‘feelings, states of alertness, and energy levels’.
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