Emotional self-regulation and the ability to self-regulate is an invisible skill and is considered one of the executive functions. It is a huge problem area for IEP students, in my experience. Because, when a child lacks self-regulation skills, negative behaviors often result. And, too often...
If we expect a very young child to jump straight to stage 5 and be able to keep themselves calm at all times, they’re simply not going to be successful at that. Like all things, this is a gradual learning process. And like all other skills, sometimes children regress. If your child ...
Sex differences in social and emotional insight A large body of prior research shows that non-autistic girls exhibit greater social understanding, skills, and insight than boy peers, in both verbal and nonver- bal domains [9, 24, 25]. However, it remains unknown whether population-level ...
The child’s self is not given the possibility to develop an age appropriate psychic equivalence-mode through an attachment figure’s constant, “understandable” and consistent anticipatable actions and subsequent adequate affect-regulation. The child is therefore neither capable of developing an ...
This study explored students’ prosocial efficacy and reading outcomes in a culturally relevant summer reading program for underrepresented students. From a positive developmental approach, the reading program focuses on topics rooted in multicultural education, with books organized according to themes such ...
Psychologists Peter Salovey and John Mayer founded the term ’emotional intelligence’ in the 1990s, and Daniel Goleman further popularized it in his 1995 book ‘Emotional Intelligence.’ This concept emphasized the importance of emotional awareness, regulation, and interpersonal skills, which are ...
These skills create beneficial habits of thinking that reduce stress throughout the lifespan, regardless of the source of the stress. For the citations, see Our Children Live in a War Zone. Give your children a better chance at success. Learn the skills that matter and share them with your...
Building Skills for Life Success School settings that support students’ social-emotional development are more important than ever, she says, as parents and educators struggle to help young people with mental health problems. School-based SEL programs have been shown to reduce emotional distress, and...
Phillips said she's unsurprised that people engaging in trolling behavior have conflicting personas and accounts. Trolling actually requires good listening skills, according to Phillips' research. Such users must pay close attention to someone's vulnerabilities. But those who engage in trolling also po...
linking will to intention and purpose Lael talked about how she has learned to pay attention to all aspects of her developing being and how she had learned to deeply trust the developmental process (cf. Table 20.3): not restricted to the perfection of one or some capacities and skills but ...