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Emotional Control for Anger and Anxiety
Emotional control for anger and anxiety in children is perhaps the single one most important social skill. If you can’t control yourself other people feel uncomfortable and may begin to avoid, criticize, tease, or bully. The good news is these skills can be taught. I find the most effective way to do this is combine teaching skills with some great motivators and behavior management to get kids to actually use coping skills when it counts.
We also need a way to communicate coping and behavioral strategies to parents and teaching staff so they can coach the kids to utilize their skills within the context of the environments where they have problems. Find videos, explanations, forms, and templates ready for you to use.
Every child and family deserves the best intervention available for teaching them how to be mad the right way and ways to break patterns of aggression and avoidance of anxiety provoking situations. I don’t think children struggle because they make bad choices on purpose. I believe kids sometimes simply lack the right habits and thinking skills they need to successfully adapt to changing demands from the environment.
Learn how to teach that is not what happens or what other people do that makes you angry or fearful, it’s how you think about what happens. Stop giving away your power to feel okay to these other people or situations and learn personal power.
Below please find more information about teaching emotional control for anger and anxiety:
Help Kids in Times of Crisis- Coronavirus Kid Care Kit
How to talk to kids in crisis by age group
How to Get Anxious Kids to use Coping Skills
Metaphors for Teaching Children about Power in Feelings, Relationships, Teasing, and Bullying
Social emotional impact of covid on young children up to age 6 and how to help
Social emotional impact of covid on children aged 6-12
Student Loss of Joy and Motivation for School in Covid Times Guide
Lifestyle Strategies for ADHD and Mental Health
How to get the most out of my counseling session
Angry Refusal to Accept Responsibility
Teach Emotional Control and the Power of Thought
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Mind and Mood Control
Metacognition for self-esteem, self-regulation, and academic success
Considering Online Therapy
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Help Kids in Times of Crisis
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How to Talk to Kids in Crisis- Developmentally Appropriate Ways of Reassuring Kids by Age Groups
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Success Story Strategy for Anxious Kids with Autism
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Manage Angry and Aggressive Child
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IEP Goals for Anxiety
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Mass Shootings: Console your child or teen through times of terror 10 tips
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How do our stories maintain illness?
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Personal Power Escape the Victim Trap
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