Hello Everyone,
Consistently supporting our children’s emotional dysregulation can be one of the most challenging things we as parents do. Family smart is an organization in our community that offers a lot of resources that can help support families. On Wednesday Feb 12th from 6:30-8:00pm they are offering a free online workshop for families on Emotional Regulation. See the information below for a brief description and links to register.
Family Smart wanted to let you know about some upcoming events and resources that might be helpful to you and your family. We’re thinking a lot about the big-emotions our kids can have – the emotional outbursts and how powerless we sometimes feel to understand or control these big emotions. Many families like ours find themselves trying to avoid setting off these outbursts, which can seemingly come out of nowhere and last for a long time. Sometimes it can feel like we are walking on eggshells or even avoid taking our kids out in fear of an emotional ‘meltdown’ which can be embarrassing, upsetting, and can lead to some pretty big emotions for us grown ups as well. If this sounds like you, do you want to learn with us about some reasons for big emotions in our kids and some strategies to help us skillfully respond?
Topics that will be discussed will include:
- Understanding emotion dysregulation as a skills deficit, and identifying strategies to grow those skills.
- How to anticipate when big emotions will occur, and exploring specific skills for responding to it.
- Understanding how the principle of attunement can be a roadmap for finding solutions that will work for you and your family.
- Hoping for the best, planning for the worst – so that everyone knows what to expect.
- How to repair the relationship when it’s all gone wrong.
Register HERE
Have a great week,
Scott Anderson