Trigger Stop vs Feelu: Social-Emotional Tool Usage & Stats
When a young child is triggered, whether a trauma trigger or an emotional button is pushed, a child can become unregulated and even exhibit challenging behaviors. Adults can support children to express the sensations in their body (I have butterflies in my stomach) and the emotions they are having (I feel scared) by using this application. If the child is at a loss of words or is not verbal, they can express themselves with the APP features which are primarily visual images used to communicate their internal state.
When a child has a trauma trigger, they can get transported unconsciously back in time and respond to a present moment as if they are reliving that dangerous situation. The trigger results in behaviors that look like Fight, Flight or Freeze. Helping support that child with a caring adult in the moment to regulate and communicate how they feel is important to healing and building resilience.
The use of the APP supports sensory and emotional identification and literacy which is the ability to identify, understand, and express sensations and/or feelings in the body and to express them in a healthy way.
Self-regulation and the ability to identify and communicate sensations and emotions may be difficult for a child when they are in fight, flight and freeze. With a trauma trigger it is common to lose the ability to communicate with words. Pointing or dragging sensory and feeling images to the body allow children another way to communicate to an adult how they feel without the use of words. This APP helps children identify and communicate sensations and emotions.
Examples of a trigger resulting in Fight, Flight or Freeze:
Fight- Example of flights bay be hurting others, yelling, screaming, hurting self, destroying property, argues, throws tantrums.
Flight- Examples of flight may be child hides, runs away, falls asleep in the middle of an activity, watches from a distance, covers face or ears, absorbed in their own thoughts.
Freeze- Examples may be child is unresponsive, spaced out, not able to verbalize with words, withdrawn, repetitive behaviors or daydreaming.
If a child is in Fight, Flight or Freeze mode in the moment resulting from a trauma history, they may be experiencing a terrifying memory from the past that was triggered in the present moment. They are unable to make sense of those feelings that rise up inside of their bodies and as a result the adult will see the child fighting, freezing or fleeing. A child who has a trauma trigger in the moment is usually scared or terrified and needs to feel safe by a caring and supportive adult. A caring, nurturing and responsive adult who has a relationship with the child could support them by introducing the sensations and feelings from this app and helping young child communicate during a fight, flight or freeze triggering event. Attuning to a child can help calm their arousal states and support their sensory system in regulating. This APP can also be used for children without a trauma history and is appropriate when a child is triggered by an emotional situation.
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Teach kids social-emotional skills by Feelu.
Improve self-awareness, self-regulation, and interpersonal skills.
Multi-award-winning ad-free app to improve kids’ mental health.
Feelu has three worlds: Feelings, Mindfulness, and Kindness.
Feelu helps children to:
– acknowledge their feelings
– handle them in a healthy manner
– choose different strategies to calm down
– cope with tantrums
– be mindful and scan their bodies by 5-breath meditation
– relax their mind by colouring by number
– think of different reasons to be grateful
– be kind, and empathetic and accept others
– react safely to bullying
and more.
Why Feelu?
Social-emotional learning (SEL) is a fundamental part of human development. SEL includes self-awareness, self-regulation, and interpersonal skills. These foundations have positive and long-lasting effects. Children with strong social-emotional skills will cope better with challenges throughout life socially, emotionally, and academically.
Feelu helps children to learn their emotions through videos, games, and daily journal and provides different strategies to regulate and control their emotions in a healthy manner. It promotes empathy, compassion, and accepting others. Feelu also focuses on gratitude and mindfulness.
(Our design is compatible with the autistic spectrum.)
How to use Feelu?
We recommend using Feelu app regularly.
Feelu can be used after the kid had a big feeling or tantrum. It is a good opportunity to teach them self-regulation and maybe choose a calming strategy for the future.
Children can meditate and scan their bodies with the 5-breath meditation to clear their minds and relax their bodies. It’s a great tool to be used before bedtime for better sleep.
Before starting school, the Kindness world can prepare little ones by practicing empathy and compassion, and the 3 simple steps to react to bullying are super beneficial to everyone as well.
Our goal is to improve the social-emotional skills of all children. Feelu spread love, kindness, and happiness by promoting the mental health of all children, including autistic children and children with special needs. Feelu is produced by Little Whale Inc., a small women-led software company focused on designing high-quality apps for kids.
To access all worlds of Feelu, you can subscribe to the app. There are two options both with a 7-day free trial:
$4.99 per month
$19.99 per year ($1.67 per month)
These prices are for customers in US and Canada. Pricing in other countries may vary depending on the local currency.
The subscription will renew automatically. To cancel auto-renewal, please turn it off in your iTunes account setting at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. If the subscription is canceled in the middle of the current period, you can still use the app up until the end of the current period, but you cannot use the app after that.
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Trigger Stop VS. 
Feelu: Social-Emotional ToolDecember 30, 2024