From Awareness to Action: AURA Zones for Lifelong Emotional Growth

The Affirming, Understanding, Regulating, Adapting (AURA) Zones framework nurtures emotional strength through a personalised approach that empowers every child’s authentic self.

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Designed to Solve a Critical Challenge

Australian families and child carers are reporting increased challenges with children's social-emotional needs. Children:

  • Struggle with emotional regulation and mental health
  • Find it hard to stay focused and cope in learning environments
  • Need support tailored to how they experience emotions

The evidence shows that:

  • Kids need tools not just rules
  • Emotional skills are life skills
  • Every child should be understood and supported
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How does it work?

The AURA Zones framework works as a three stage process, with each step building on the previous one. Children start with learning to notice internal and external sensory stimuli. They then use this to build skills in mapping, expressing and regulating feelings, which leads to neuroaffirming outcomes. This universal emotional resilience framework adapts as each child grows.

The AURA Profile

Step 1

The Sensory Self

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Interoception: Noticing the Body's Internal Clues (racing heart, tummy butterflies)

Exteroception: Noticing the World's External Clues (too loud, too bright, noisy)

Sensory Feelings

Step 2

Mapping & Expressing Feelings

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Build emotional vocabulary & map the feelings using core and mixed zones to define emotional states

For example; Quiet feelings, need a boost refers to Bubble Zone

Map Feelings

Step 3

Building Regulation Toolkit

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Using emotional map to build a personal collection of strategies that would help manage feelings and build resilience

Chooose Action

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How is it Different?

Most emotional learning programs try to fix or control children's emotions. AURA Zones takes a completely different approach.

Traditional Framework

Aura Zone

  • Affirming: Validates all emotions as natural and important, not problems to solve
  • Understanding: Builds genuine emotional awareness through personal discovery
  • Regulating: Develops authentic coping strategies that honor how each child's brain works
  • Adapting: Teaches flexible responses while respecting individual differences
Traditional Framework

Traditional frameworks

  • Label emotions as "good" or "bad"
  • Use behavior modification to make children "compliant"
  • Apply one-size-fits-all strategies
  • Focus on eliminating "difficult" emotions
  • Expect neurodivergent children to mask their true selves 
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Why Facilitators Choose AURA Zones20 minutes a day is all you need to see real changes

AURA Zones framework builds Four Core Skills That Actually Work

Body Awareness

Body Awareness

Children notice internal and external sensory stimuli before things get overwhelming.

Emotional Vocabulary

Emotional Vocabulary

Kids learn to describe emotions clearly using personalized zone language

Expression Techniques

Expression Techniques

Safe outlets that fit each child's individual needs and learning style

Workable Strategies

Workable Strategies

Personal collection of techniques that actually work for them

AURA Zones framework Benefits All Children

All Feelings Are Valid

All Feelings Are Valid

No emotions judged as "good" or "bad", all emotions are valid.

Custom Profiles

Custom Profiles

Children build their own emotional profiles instead of following rigid rules

All Learners

All Learners

Supports visual, verbal, and sensory learners through colors, words, and body awareness

Age-Appropriate

Age-Appropriate

Works across three developmental gears (ages 2-5, 5-8, 8+) to match readiness

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Get Started!

Unlock emotional learning that works for every child. Start your journey today.

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All-in-one AURA Zones curriculum with presentations, worksheets, & assessment tools.

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Book a free consultation to learn how AURA Zones can work in your setting.

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Try the AURA Zones approach in your educational setting with a downloadable starter kit.

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