UK Edition: Staff Self Regulation Worksheet: Know Your Triggers, SEND, KS4 and Post-16

A reflection worksheet for staff who work with pupils who escalate. Hard days are part of this job, and knowing my own triggers is what keeps me steady when a pupil isn't.

What's included

• Know your triggers page: the words, behaviours and situations that get to you

• Calm plan: what you notice in your body first and what you will do

• Swap out plan: how you hand over to a colleague and the signal you will use

• Reflection page for after a hard day

How I use it

Staff fill it in privately, then share only what they choose. It works well in a CPD session, in supervision, or as part of a new TA's induction. The swap out plan is worth agreeing as a whole team.

This is for staff reflection. It sits alongside your setting's behaviour policy and crisis prevention and de-escalation training.

Format: PDF, 3 A4 pages.

Made by Jeremy D. Gooch, special education teacher and transition coordinator. Drafting and layout had AI assistance; every page was checked by me.