Equip’s Mood Navigator helps individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) build emotional awareness and receive timely, personalized support. This guide walks administrators through how to enable the feature across the organization and configure it for individual users.
Proper setup of the Mood Navigator empowers users to manage their emotions more effectively, enhancing the quality and responsiveness of daily support.
🌐 Turn on Mood Navigator Organization-Wide
Review the Mood Navigator Article for information on how to enable the Mood Navigator for your Organization
👤 Enable Mood Navigator for a Specific Participant
To give a participant access to the Mood Navigator, you’ll need to personalize their settings first. This includes customizing mood options, assigning coping strategies, and setting reminders—then enabling the feature.
Go to Participants
Click Participant in the left-hand menu
This opens your Participant Library, where all individuals receiving support are listed
Open the Participant’s Profile
Locate the participant you want to configure
Click their name to open their profile page
Edit Profile & Settings
In the top right of the participant’s profile, click Edit Profile & Settings
This allows you to customize features specific to that individual
Navigate to Mood Settings
In the left-hand menu of the edit screen, click Mood
This is where you’ll configure all Mood Navigator settings for this participant
Personalize Mood Options & Coping Strategies
Add, rename, or remove mood options to match how the participant expresses emotions
For each mood, assign one or more coping strategies that will appear as suggestions when the mood is selected
Examples: “Take deep breaths,” “Talk to a supporter,” “Use calming music”
Coping strategies can be customized to be visual, text-based, or linked to an external tool
Schedule Mood Check-In Reminders
Choose when and how often the participant should be prompted to check in with their mood
You can schedule reminders for specific times of day (e.g., morning, after class, evening)
These reminders will prompt the participant to log how they’re feeling
Toggle Mood Navigator ON
Once moods, strategies, and reminders are set, toggle Enable Mood Navigator to ON
Click Save at the bottom to apply all changes
Equip Tip: The Mood Navigator isn’t just a tool—it’s a daily emotional check-in that helps participants build self-awareness and communicate how they’re really doing. The more personalized the moods and coping strategies, the more meaningful the experience becomes—for both the participant and their supporters.