✔ Why it's important to teach and understand emotions
✔ Why it's important to teach and understand emotional regulation and sensory regulation
✔ Understanding our own sensory profile
✔ Understanding our kids' sensory profiles
✔ Explosive meltdowns vs shutdowns
✔ Tools & strategies to calm down and therefore stay calm and regulated
Managing Meltdowns:
✔ Don’t be telling someone that’s not calm to calm down - it won’t end well ✔ Limit talking, questions, demands till another time of day when they are better regulated
✔ Someone in meltdown mode - silent or explosive - is not capable of reasoning or processing. They are maxed out and you talking will be adding to their overwhelm not helping
✔ Meltdowns - not the time for discussions about behaviour or for punishing/discipline - save talking through for later (often hours later)
✔ Learn strategies that work with you & each child (they’ll be different) and have them ready to go when a meltdown happens - meltdowns aren’t the time to test (unless working with a new child)
✔ Ultimately we want our kids to take control & responsibility for staying regulated - teach them rather than always doing it for them (talk through the process - this can take years)
✔ Pick your battles - if your kid keeps calm/regulated by having 4 weetbix at 5pm right before dinner… What are you going to do? What’s more important?
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Proprioception and Movement Breaks
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Home Strategies for 5-10yos - Part 2
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Home Strategies for 5-10yos - Part 1
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Home Strategies for Under 5yos - Part 2
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Home Strategies for Under 5yos - Part 1
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Co Regulation
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