Description
Your students don’t need more strategies.
They need support noticing when to use them.
Many students with ADHD struggle with self-regulation, not because they don’t know what to do, but because they don’t detect internal signals in time.
By the time they notice hunger, fatigue, frustration, or stress…
it’s already too late.
This resource gives you a practical, school-based resources to support interoception in the classroom.
What This Resource Does
This is a performance-based support that helps you:
- Identify interoception-related challenges in real classroom behavior
- Understand what’s actually happening beneath “sudden” behavior
- Provide supports that work in the moment, not just in theory
- Build awareness in a way that connects directly to classroom performance
What’s Included
- Interoception in the Classroom Guide
- Identify patterns of missed internal signals across daily routines and classroom demands
- Behavior Doesn’t Come Out of Nowhere One-Sheet
- Reframe sudden behavior through an interoceptive lens (perfect for team conversations)
- Self-Regulation Ladder Poster
- Visual support to help students understand rising internal states and response options
- Performance-Based Goal Bank
- IEP-ready goals that connect interoception to observable classroom participation
- Visual Supports Set
- Feelings visual support
- “Where is your energy?” scale: Based on the work of Autism Level UP! (2019, Laurent, A. C., & Fede, J.)
- Body Scan: Based on the work of Kelly Mahler, OTD, OTR/L , Interoception Curriculum
How This Is Different
Most self-regulation supports focus on strategies. This resource focuses on detection first. Because: You can’t regulate what you don’t detect. These tools reduce reliance on internal awareness and provide external supports that make noticing possible.
Who This Is For
- School-based occupational therapists
- Special education teachers
- Classroom teachers
- School teams supporting students with ADHD
How to Use
Use these tools to:
- Guide observation and data collection
- Support team understanding (teachers + caregivers)
- Introduce interoception in a concrete, visual way
- Build structured routines for noticing internal state
- Connect internal awareness directly to classroom actions
If your students “know what to do” but still can’t do it, this is the missing piece.
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