The How to ABA Podcast

Teaching Kids About Emotions: The Foundation of Regulation

Shira Karpel & Shayna Gaunt Episode 199

For many children, understanding and expressing emotions can be a challenge. They may struggle with recognizing their own feelings, reading emotions in others, or knowing how to respond appropriately in different situations. The good news is that emotional awareness is a skill that can be taught, modeled, and practiced with the right strategies.

In this conversation, we discuss the best ways to teach emotions to kids. We dive into how to assess a learner’s baseline and where to start teaching. We also discuss how to reduce rigidity in our teaching, teaching across operants, and generalization techniques.

What’s Inside:

  • How to best teach emotions to children
  • How to assess a learner’s baseline and where to start teaching
  • Helpful generalization techniques

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