Self-Regulation for Kids K-12: Strategies for Calming Minds and Behavior

Ready-to-use, research-based activities for kids with trauma, anxiety, or aggression. Step-by-step guide helps design a solution-based program to help children and adolescents learn to regulate their behaviors either in individual or group therapy.

It begins with research-based explanations of the connections between emotional intelligence, somatic experience, emotional regulation, and relationships, on the one hand, and the ability to self-regulate,on the other. Based on the concept of mindfulness, it explains the SSR model (Strategies for Self-Regulation) and gives somatic and other therapeutic intervention techniques. It closes with an integrated model for use in schools and mental health settings. Softcover, 288 pages. Includes CD with PDFs of reproducible materials and 2 excel files.

Provides a how-to for using somatic interventions and links the concepts of solution-focused therapeutic approaches to the somatic concepts. Includes vignettes and case examples.

Other Features Include:

• Appendix A: Tools – an array of reproducible resources, organized into tools for Assessment, Individual Counseling, Group Counseling, and Crisis Response
• Appendix B: Activities – 57 lesson/ activity plans for use in individual and group settings to teach skills for the Caregiver and for the Student in self-regulation (Grounding, Mindful Awareness, and Tracking Sensations) and the CASEL skills areas (Self-Awareness,Social Awareness, Self-Management, Responsible Decision Making, and Relationship skills).