Fwd: Here's What Happens When Kids Can See Their Emotions

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Real kids, real breakthroughs: how educators are using heart rate data for mental health.

Turning heartbeats into meaningful insights.   The Go-To Tool for Supporting Student Emotional Self-Regulation Make the invisible visible with the Spirit System.       Hi Mark,   Every day, counselors, behavioral therapists, and adapted PE teachers are asked to do something incredibly hard: help a child recognize what's happening inside their body before it turns into a meltdown, a shutdown, or a crisis ... often with hundreds of students on a caseload and no objective way to see it coming.   The Spirit System gives them a way to see it coming.   Schools across the country are using the Spirit System to better understand what students are experiencing beneath the surface — giving teachers, counselors, therapists, and families the data they need for early intervention, stronger communication, and better wellness outcomes.   Here's what that looks like in three real schools.           "So, is that what stress looks like?" Braham Area School students wear IHT heart rate monitors throughout the school day to better understand how stress affects their bodies in real time. The result is a proactive approach that helps students stay calm, recover more quickly from stressful situations, and develop healthier coping skills.         "We have hard things going on in our lives and school. We just need some quiet time to be able to handle our feelings and manage our day. When I talk to our parents, they get pretty excited about what we are doing."   –  Jonelle Klemz, Counselor for Braham Area Schools in Minnesota   Read More     School District Expanded Impactful Emotional Management Program At East Elementary in Littleton, Colorado, school counselor Kim Bailey built Operation Dragon Heart to give students a way to physically see their emotions escalate throughout the day. This program helped drop behavior-based incidents from 17 to 3 and suspensions from 8 to 3 in a single year. Due to the success, the school district expanded the program to the entire district.         "The IHT product was one we felt that, after looking at 10 or 12 products, was the best one for kids. It was built for students. It was visual and it had the different colors. That got us going."   – Nate Thompson, Director of Social, Emotional and Behavioral Services at Littleton Public Schools in Colorado   Read More     Helping Students at All Learning Levels Manage Emptions Ann Arbor Public Schools brought heart rate monitors into classrooms serving students with physical and cognitive difficulties, using color-coded feedback to help students recognize rising stress and anxiety throughout the school day. What began as a physical activity tool became a mental health one: students learned to read their own warning signs and take action before emotions escalated into a crisis.         "I have a student who has behavior issues, and her issues can be quite severe. This student has learned that when she senses her anxiety begin to spike, she would actually ask me to go out on the track instead of being in the fitness center."     – Deak Swearingen, Adapted PE Teacher and Consultant at Allen Park Public Schools in Michigan     Read More   Real Student Success Starts with Better Insights       Want to see the Spirit System in action for your counseling program, behavioral health caseload, or adapted PE classroom?   Let's talk about what it could look like for your students.     Discover How Spirit System Fits Your Program Is The Spirit System Right for Your School? Ready to learn more about how the Spirit System can increase student participation and overall health? Need a quote to get started? Want help with funding requests? Click here to have a no-strings-attached chat with an IHT representative.   Schedule a Conversation Plan For 2026/27 School Year Now! We offer free, expert-led funding resources to help schools, counselors, and wellness teams navigate campus budgets, grants, and federal programs so you can bring our monitors and assessment software to your students.   Get Funding Help Interactive Health Technologies, LLC 1101 W 34th Street, Suite 213 Austin, TX 78705 (512) 522-9354      spirit@ihtusa.com www.ihtusa.com