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Calm Down Kit Visual Behavioral Management Toolsfor Studentswith Autism

This document provides the contents and instructions for using a Calm Down Kit created by Melissa Finch. The kit includes visual tools and social stories to help students regulate emotions and calm down when feeling angry, frustrated, or upset. It contains items like breathing visuals, feeling choice boards, emotion flashcards, and behavioral prompts. The goal is to give students strategies for coping with stress, anxiety, or anger through deep breathing, relaxation, and making choices to improve their mood.

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Calm Down Kit Visual Behavioral Management Toolsfor Studentswith Autism

This document provides the contents and instructions for using a Calm Down Kit created by Melissa Finch. The kit includes visual tools and social stories to help students regulate emotions and calm down when feeling angry, frustrated, or upset. It contains items like breathing visuals, feeling choice boards, emotion flashcards, and behavioral prompts. The goal is to give students strategies for coping with stress, anxiety, or anger through deep breathing, relaxation, and making choices to improve their mood.

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CALM DOWN KIT

Created by Melissa Finch 2016

visual Behavior
tools for students
in need
What's Included?

Calming Steps

Breathing Visual
What's Included?
Social Stor
y

ecklace
aviorN
Beh anyard
L

What would help you


feel better choice
boards
What's Included?

Emotion
Visuals

63
Pages
Calm Down Kit Contents
Directions Included:
Page 1: Box/Basket Labels. Print, cut and Laminate. Attach
where needed.
Page 2: When I'm Angry Visual Calming cards. Print, cute,
laminate, and use for prompting.
Page 3-8: How I can Calm Down Social Story. Print, cut apart,
laminate, bind with binder rings. Use as needed during
meltdowns and as front loading on a daily/weekly basis.
Page 9-10: Two different color options for the "How Do You
Feel Today?" choice baord. Print, laminate and implement
when asking students how they feel. This can also be used
to learn/study/quiz about common emotions.
Page 11-15: How Do You Feel Conversation Cards: Print, cut
apart, glue Question and Answer cards back to back, laminate,
attach velcro to pages 13-15 to allow for choice making.
Page 16-23: Emotions Flash Cards. Print, cut apart, laminate.
Page 24-26: Behavioral Necklace Choices. Print, cut apart, laminate,
whole punch and place on a staff lanyard. These PECS can
also be used in a student's PEC book if preferred.
Page 27: Breath visual cue cards. Print, cut apart,
laminate, attach with velcro. Implement during melt-downs.
Page 28-30: What Will Make You Feel Better Choice Board. Print,
cut, laminate.

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Box/Basket Labels

Calm Down Kit

Calm Down Kit


When I'm Angry When I'm Frustrated

I will... I will...
Sit in my chair Sit in my chair

Fold my hands Fold my hands

Take 5 breaths Take 5 breaths

Count to 10 Count to 10

Drink water Drink water

Return to work Return to work


Print, cut apart, laminate and bind. Social Story/
Visual Cues for coping with stress/anxiet/anger

How I Can Calm Down

Behvavior Management Social Story

I come to school to

try my best.
Continued... Social Story #1

Sometimes at school I get

angry or frustrated.

It is okay to be angry

or frustrated.
Continued... Social Story #1

When I get angry,

I need to calm down.

First, I need to

sit in a chair.
Continued... Social Story #1

Next, I need to fold

my hands on my lap.

I need to take 10

deep breaths.
Continued... Social Story #1

After that, I will count

to ten in a calm voice.

I will drink some water

to cool down.
Continued... Social Story #1

When I am calm, I

will finish my work.

It is okay to get

upset, I can calm down.


How Do You Feel Today?

excited tired angry bored

hungry mad sad happy

scared sick anxious thirsty


How Do You Feel Today?

excited tired angry bored

hungry mad sad happy

scared sick anxious thirsty


How Do
You Feel Today?

I Feel

"How Do You Feel" conversation cards.


Print and glue question and Answer pieces back to back,
and provide PECS choice board for student.
How Do
You Feel Today?

I Feel

"How Do You Feel" conversation cards.


Print and glue question and Answer pieces back to back,
and provide PECS choice board for student.
How Do You Feel Today?
How Do You Feel Today?
"How Do You Feel" PECS Choices

excited tired angry bored

hungry mad sad happy

scared sick anxious thirsty


jealous flirt

lazy afraid
bored confused

crazy curious
depressed disappointed

embarrassed excited
frustrated happy

homesick
hungry hurt

nauseated proud
lonely mad

sad sick
surprised thirsty

upset worried
tired great

Page 16-23 Flashcards Uses:


-Word Wall
-Memory/Match (Print 2x)
-Sort emotions
-Word Work/Writing Prompts
-Vocabulary centers
-spelling lists/words
I need a break I want water
12

9
3

I want to rest I want to go for a walk

I need a sensory break leave me alone

Beahvioral Necklace Commands


I'm Finished all done

I want more I need help

I'm hungry I'm thirsty

Beahvioral Necklace Commands


I need to go to it's too loud
the bathroom

Beahvioral Necklace Commands


I will take 5 deep breaths

1 2 3 4 5

I will take 10 deep breaths

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

This can be used to prompt students to calm down by taking 5 deep breaths.
You can choose to either have students remove the PEC from their card with
each breath, or you can hand them the PEC to be placed on the card with
each breath. This is a great motivating visual to assist students with calming
down on their own.
breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe

breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe

breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe breathe

I will take 3 deep breaths

1 2 3
What would
help you
feel better?
What would
help you
feel better?
water snack relax bean bag

swing music bubbles ipod

timer walk draw play dough

bounce on ball toys puzzle book


c k o ut my o the r
Che
Calm D o wn
Kits!!!!
“THANK-YOU FOR
SHOPPING WITH ME”

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