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Recent events have caused a great deal of stress and anxiety for our community. While many of our students have gained resiliency, many have experienced trauma, some in addition to pre-Covid issues. As we prepare to meet our students where they are academically when they return, we also need to meet their mental health needs.
We intend to create a calming space for our students to help students regulate their emotions in a safe place. Anxiety and stress manifests in many ways and can disrupt students’ learning. We want to teach students how to self-regulate their emotions in healthy ways and re-engage in their learning. Students with mental health issues often miss school. If we can give them a way to take a break to manage their emotions, we can increase their attendance and learning.
According to Dr. Robert Dillon, “ The goal of your calming room should be to reduce negative sensory input and provide calming visual, auditory, and tactile experiences to help students de-stress. The room should be used to help students de-escalate and emotionally reset.” https://ideas.demco.com/blog/how-to-create-a-school-calming-room/ One of our rooms will be redecorated to provide a space that will have areas to meet individual needs of students experiencing stress and anxiety. Students will check-in and then an adult will greet them and assist in finding the appropriate activity and space in the room to de-escalate. We would like to purchase a few pieces of furniture, rugs, wall art and light fixtures for our “Westview Den.”
This project is supported by the Beaverton Education Foundation.
Founded in 1988, the Beaverton Education Foundation raises money to provide hands-on innovative academic enrichment and advancement programs & projects that go beyond normal school funding at all Beaverton public schools and is a 501(c)(3) community-based nonprofit organization. BEF mobilizes community resources to fund innovative classroom projects, summer and after-school programs.
In the event that this project does not reach its goal or exceeds its goal, BEF may apply the funds received to another similar project.
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