FORGE
Forging Emotional Resilience and Relational Clarity
Grade 9 - Freshman Year
Foundational emotional awareness and understanding triggers
Course Modules
Living Life in Color
Introduces the foundational concept that emotions are non-judgmental signals that lead to adaptive actions. Students learn to identify core emotions (anger, sadness, fear, joy), their corresponding signals, and their functions using the Zones of Regulation framework.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand emotions as non-judgmental signals
- Identify core emotions and their functions
- Apply Zones of Regulation framework
- Recognize emotional signals leading to adaptive actions
Key Activities:
- Emotions identification exercises
- Zones of Regulation mapping
- Signal-to-action connection activities
- Personal emotion inventory
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The Time-Traveling Emotional Brain
Explains how the emotional brain connects present sensory experiences to the past, creating emotional 'triggers'. Students explore the concepts of being 'flooded' by past emotions and how unresolved 'core memories' can impact present behavior and well-being.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how past experiences affect present reactions
- Identify personal emotional triggers
- Recognize the concept of emotional flooding
- Explore the impact of core memories on behavior
Key Activities:
- Brain time travel activity with smells
- Trigger identification exercises
- Memory-emotion connection mapping
- Flooding response strategies
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