49 Date updated: 25.08.2023 next review: 24.09.2024 toolboxes include calming activities and cognitive and sensory strategies. The framework is designed to help move students towards independent regulation. The Red Zone is used to describe extremely heightened states of alertness and intense emotions. A person may be elated or experiencing anger, rage, devastation, or terror when in the Red Zone. The Yellow Zone is also used to describe a heightened state of alertness and elevated emotions; however, one has more control when they are in the Yellow Zone. A person may be experiencing stress, frustration, anxiety, excitement, silliness, the wiggles, or nervousness when in the Yellow Zone. The Green Zone is used to describe a calm state of alertness. A person may be described as happy, focused, content, or ready to learn when in the Green Zone. This is the zone where optimal learning occurs. The Blue Zone is used to describe low states of alertness and down feelings such as when one feels sad, tired, sick, or bored. Lego Therapy Lego therapy is a multi-sensory and versatile intervention that aims to improve skills in initiating and maintaining interactions using Lego in a collaborative way (LeGoff, 2004). It was initially developed using Attwood’s “constructive application” (Attwood, 1998), which uses a child’s natural interests within therapy to motivate learning. The skills that are targeted include turn-taking, sharing, problem solving, compromise, reciprocity and self-initiated interactions. The learners within the group agree upon a project and are assigned a role. There are commonly four roles within Lego therapy, these include: engineer, builder, supplier and director. Together the learners follow pictorial instructions to build a model. Aided Language Stimulation Aided Language Stimulation (ALS) is a strategy used when implementing Alternative and Augmentative Communication devices. The strategy involves the use of
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