Developing self-regulation skills is a typical part of teenage development. The issue we saw is that many students would leave their class in order to use their phones as a means of self-regulating. From our experience, phone use often leads to further dysregulation and reinforces escape mechanisms for their anxieties. We saw the creation of this space as an opportunity to apply the learning we've done to our greater school population. Further to this, we did a lot of Internet research to find out more information on specific issues/topics related to the creation of our space.
