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Grounding: Social Story

This resource provides a visual explanation of Grounding, which is paying attention to the environment to help improve emotions and stay calm.

This resource visually explains negative feelings in your body and how to return to the "OK" Zone.

This resource explains the resilience skills of Tracking, Resourcing, Gesturing, Grounding, Shift and Stay, and Help Now.

This resource visually explains the concept of the Resilient Zone and managing emotions.

This social story helps explain the idea of Shift and Stay, which helps change thoughts to stay in the Resilient Zone.

This resource visually explains Tracking, a technique used to pay closer attention to thoughts and feelings.

This resource, developed by ASERT, provides a visual explanation of what resilience means.

This resource provides a visual explanation of trauma and the feelings associated with it.