Emotional Regulation & Social Skills Program
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Social Skills
Social skills are ways of dealing with others that create healthy and positive interactions. Children who have social skills can show consideration for the feelings and interests of their peers, take responsibility for their actions, and able to communicate clearly, calmly, and respectfully. Social skills are needed for enriching social experiences, and they lessen the chance for negative interactions.
Regulating Emotions
Emotional regulation is not something people are born with. This is a set of skills that enables children, as they mature, to direct their own behavior towards a goal, despite the unpredictability of the world and our own feelings. The key to learning regulation skills is not to avoid situations that are difficult for kids to handle, but to coach kids through them and provide a supportive framework.
Teamwork
Teamwork requires people to work cooperatively with others towards a shared purpose. Being apart of a team allows children to move from more intrapersonal ways of thinking to interpersonal. Working as part of a team will strengthen a child's social and emotional skills, help develop their communication skills, and can improve confidence.
Anger Management
Frustration and anger can quickly turn into defiance, disrespect, aggression, and temper tantrums if your child doesn't know how to deal with their emotions. It is important to teach your child the differences between feelings and behavior, model appropriate anger management skills, establish anger rules, teach healthy coping skills, and offer consequences when necessary.
Impulse Control
Impulse control helps stop children from acting without thinking. They may blurt things out, interrupt other people, have trouble waiting their turn, or do unsafe things. Children who do not understand their emotions are more likely to be impulsive. The part of the brain responsible for exerting control over emotional, impulsive part of the brain is not well-developed in children under 3. Understanding how to control impulses is crucial to development.
Managing Transitions
Transitions happen when children have to stop doing one activity and start doing something else. Change is often overwhelming for children, but parents can help manage these intense feelings by creating a safe environment for them, and reducing the level of uncertainty around the change. Maintaining structure and regular routines helps with this, so children understand that not everything is changing, and that most important things in their world can still be relied on.