Using your social communication fan
Thank you for your purchase of one of our communication fans, we hope it proves useful for yourself or the children in your care.
Visual symbols are designed to support and enable communication for those who respond better to visual stimuli. The symbols are not designed to replace language and must always be used alongside the spoken word. Always encourage the person to speak back to you if they can.
Use the symbols to:
- Show what is happening now
- Show what is happening next
- Provide instruction
- Offer choice
- Support understanding
- To praise
- Help modify behaviour
- Support the expression of emotion
- To reassure
Some fans might be more clear on their use than others, but if you ever require any guidance or help with ideas on how to use them to their fullest extent please feel free to contact us and we’ll do our best to help.
The Zones of Regulation Fan
What are the Zones of Regulation?
Feelings come in different sizes, intensity, and levels of energy. To make this easy to talk and think about, we can categorize them into four simple, coloured categories called Zones of Regulation.
The Blue Zone describes low levels of energy and down feelings, such as when we feel sad, tired, sick, or bored.
The Green Zone describes when we feel calm energy and in control. We might feel happy, focused, content, or proud in the Green Zone.
The Yellow Zone describes when our energy starts to get higher, and our feelings get a little bigger. We might be feeling worried, embarrassed, silly, excited, frustrated, or wiggly in the Yellow Zone.
The Red Zone describes when we have extremely high energy and big, intense feelings. We might feel really, really happy or elated, really angry or furious, panicked, devastated, terrified, or out of control in the Red Zone.
All of the Zones are experienced naturally, and the framework focuses on teaching individuals how to recognise and manage their Zones based on their goals and task demands.
