Social Emotional Regulation

Social Emotional Regulation is the process we use to manage our emotions, thoughts, physical sensations, and how we interact (facial expressions, gestures, body language) with others in our daily lives to accomplish tasks individually or as a group.

Our Occupational Therapists will target:

  • The ability to regulate emotions in one-on-one interactions
  • The ability to regulate emotions and participate in group interactions
  • Helping reduce the feeling of anxiety, fear, or anger that may cause challenging behaviors
  • Helping regulate at night to promote sleep
  • Helping transition from one task to another
  • Help children recognize emotions and strategies to regulate them
  • Help children advocate for themselves on what regulates them and their emotions

Children who would benefit from also include:

  • Children with IEPs from the School
  • Children who are a part of the TEIS Program
  • Children with Global Apraxia
  • Children who have difficulty transitioning into new environments
  • Children who have Developmental Language Delays
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Down Syndrome
  • Children with Social/Pragmatic Language Disorders
  • Children on the Autism Spectrum Continuum
  • Children who have been diagnosed with Cognitive Delays