Feelings Flow Chart Routine™ PDF!
$8
A Visual Guide for Regulating Emotions using the Release, Connect, Reflect ™ Routine + Video Included
Support big emotions with a simple, OT-designed sensory routine you can use anytime during the day. Created by a pediatric occupational therapist, this activity poster shows you exactly how to meet sensory needs proactively—before dysregulation, overwhelm, or meltdowns occur. Work through emotions with activities that help release, connect, and reflect.
This visual guide walks you through a brain-based activity sequence that helps your child move through big emotions through sensory input, connection, and parasympathetic stimulation. This helps children process and cope with emotions in a healthy manner.
By sequencing movement, connection, and reflection, you’ll help your child’s nervous system and emotions feel balanced, supported, and ready for everyday tasks.
Why This Works for Emotional Regulation
In order to process emotions, we need to have a regulated nervous system, feel connected to others, and be able to reflect on how we feel while stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system.
This poster helps you:
• Deactivate fight or flight response through sensory input & connection
• Organize and process emotions in a healthy manner
• Support regulation without pressure or power struggles
Families often notice:
• Improved regulation of emotions when used proactively
• Easier transitions between activities
• Increased emotional intelligence
• More connection and cooperation
How to use the emotional flow system:
Red – Meet Sensory Needs
Choose 1 activity that provides movement and heavy-work input.
Blue – Connect
Choose 1 activity that supports connection and safety.
Green – Reflect
Choose 1 activity that supports activation of the calm centers in the brain while reflecting on how you feel.
If your child still needs support, repeat another green activity.
Use this sequence before transitions, after school, during play breaks, or anytime your child needs support regulating emotions. Performing these in neutral times can give your child the skills they need to learn how to manage their emotions in the moment.
Instant download of both PDF & JPEG versions of chart!
This purchase includes an educational video:
This chart now includes access to a short educational video created by Courtney English, pediatric occupational therapist, to help you get the most out of the routine.
In the video, you’ll learn:
• how nervous system regulation works within use of the chart
• how to support emotional processing through use of the release, connect, reflect theory
• how to use the chart to help your child organize their brain and body for improved emotional regulation
*Digital Download – Instant Access
This product is a digital download designed to support your child’s regulation and emotional regulation.
No physical item will be shipped.
After purchase, you’ll receive immediate access to downloadable files that you can view, save, and print for personal use.
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