In today’s episode Lauren walks you through teaching emotional regulation. She covers the three steps to helping children regulate their emotions and control behaviors.

1. Teach them to recognize and categorize their emotions
2. Coping and calming strategies to handle those emotions
3. Define a space for kids to implement the strategies they’ve learned. 

There is also a brief overview of the barking dog, wise owl strategy of teaching emotional regulation as well as other calming strategies. 

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode:  How do I get my child to respect me more?

Try-at-home tip: Bilateral Movement

Mentioned in this episode:

• Zones of Regulation Set
• Sensory Jars
• Stress Balls

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub: 

Blog Post: 

• Positive Communication: Give Children a Problem to Solve
• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand: Dan Siegel Hand Model

Podcast:

• The Wise Owl: Better Known as Your Thinking Brain
• The Barking Dog: Our Emotional Brain
• Calming Corner for both Kids & Adults
• Categorizing Emotions

Our Online Courses: 

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• 4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress, Trauma, and Behaviors, Oh My!

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

• Email questions to podcast@thebehaviorhub.com or send via text to 717-693-7744.
• Subscribe to our mailing list and find out more about the Emotional Brain.
• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children 
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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