Managing Crisis Situations

Bi-Tapp is a resource that you can use to help the students you work with return to their window of tolerance in a short amount of time. You cannot reason with a student when they are emotionally dysregulated, so providing them with a resource that can help them calm down quickly is critical. Students who are having a particularly difficult time, may benefit from taking the tappers to class and using them as needed.

Some students are using the tappers “before” the start of school and are reporting having a much better day overall.

Test Anxiety

When you are taking a test or giving a presentation, you want to perform at your very best. If you become too anxious, you will not be able to perform at the level you prepared for.

The benefit of the tappers is they do the work for you in the background so you can focus on the task at hand in a much more regulated state.

Practice using the tappers prior to taking the test or giving your presentation. This allows you to find the rate of speed and the intensity of the tapping that you like best. Take the time to find out where the bilateral tapping works best for you. (wearing the tappers on your wrists, placing them in your pockets or in your socks by your ankles)

Some people use the tappers “prior” to taking the test and some people use the tappers “during” the test and some do both.

Additional Tip:

It is important that you get a good night’s sleep the night before the big event.

Use the tappers to help you get quality sleep if you struggle with anxious, worried thoughts the night before your test or presentation. It is recommended that you turn both the rate of speed and rate of intensity down to help you fall asleep. (slow speed, lighter tapping) You can wear or hold the tappers before you go to sleep or as you go to sleep. If you wake up in the middle of the night, turn your tappers back on to help you fall back asleep.

Reduce Anxiety, Improve Focus

Students can use Bi-Tapp in the classroom whenever needed. For younger students, it is important to set expectations around the tappers. They are not a toy, they are a resource to help students function and perform at their best.

Students can only absorb new learning when they are in their window of tolerance. Having access to a resource that students can use in the classroom as needed helps the students remain in the classroom, which is where we want them to be; actively learning and a part of things.

Resource for Teachers

It is important that students are in their window of tolerance so they are able to absorb new learning and function at their highest level. It is equally important that you spend as much time as possible in your window of tolerance for your overall health and well being. Bi-Tapp is a resource that you can use as often as you need to, personally and professionally.

Autism

Many people who are on the Autism spectrum are experiencing the benefits of using Bi-Tapp as a calming resource. If a person has texture sensitivity to the tappers, be flexible in exploring options such as wearing the tappers in pockets or finding a material that the person likes that the tappers can be encased in.

Special Education

The tappers are being used in Special Education classrooms to help students focus, to help them regulate their emotions and to help them reduce and recover from acting out behaviors. The tappers are also being used by teachers and aides to help them manage stressful situations as well as recover from a stressful situation that has taken place.