Building an Emotional Regulation Toolkit

This workshop takes a deeper dive into the critical skills that assist a young child to self-regulate, and the crucial role educators play in the development of those skills and can help shape the child’s understanding of regulation.

We will:

• examine opportunities across the day to teach and support the 3 main components of emotional regulation - emotional literacy, interoception (the association between bodily sensation and feelings/emotions) and safe emotional expression and regulation.

• reflect on our understanding of co-regulation, our own practice and how the educator’s role as a co-regulator can look different, depending on the needs of the child.

 This workshop aligns with the National Quality Standard:

• Quality Area 1: Educational program and practice.
• Quality Area 2: Children’s health and safety.
• Quality Area 5: Relationships with children.

Professional Standards for Teachers:

2 hours of elective PD towards maintaining NESA accreditation can be claimed under:

• Standard 1: Know students and how they learn.
• Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
• Standard 4: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments.

N.B. This professional development activity can be used towards teacher identified hours. Teachers need to record this activity in their NESA logbook.