The three St. Joseph Rotary Clubs have helped the St. Joseph School District to create regulation rooms. Kids who are acting out or over-emotional in the classroom now have a place to go to clam down and learn coping skills on how to deal with their stress. "It's designed to help kids regulate their emotions. It is designed around the areas of the brain and how the brain regulates, " said Jean West a social worker a certified trauma trainer with the St. Joseph School District. In addiiton to Rotarians volunteered their time helping to assemble the rooms.
The Rotary Regulation Rooms are just one component of the grant provided by the Rotary Clubs, that have given the money to the district to address youths and trauma. You can read more online at https://www.kq2.com/content/news/Regulation-Rooms-a-new-way-of-addressing--565213582.html.