I am currently reading the book, Managing Emotional Mayhem. This is a book written to go along with our Conscious Discipline program. I may come back to update this blog as I read further. Some of the information in the Introduction was so good, I had to share! :)
The author of this book has laid out some goals for establishing self-regulation within our children. To start, adults must: "1. Develop our own self-regulatory skills. 2. Develop greater awareness of ourselves and children, including identifying emotional triggers and accurately naming the feelings involved. 3. Respond to children's acting out and emotional upset in an attuned way at the moment the event is occurring. 4. Coach children to independently use the self-regulation process." The goals for our children: "1. To recognize they have been triggered and begin the self-regulation process. 2 To begin calming themselves, creating the opportunity to self-regulate. 3. To name their feeling states and to be able to recognize the feeling states of others. This skill is the foundation for the development of empathy and compassion. 4. To select and conduct calming and/or engaging strategies in order to shift from an upset state to an optimal learning state. 5. To learn how to address the upsetting event with greater life skills and solve their problem. 6. To develop social awareness, responsible decision-making and communication skills aimed at fostering healthy relationships and goal achievement." Another take away from the introduction is to change the idea of "discipline disruptions" to "teachable moments". This is why preK is so important, we are here to teach and guide students how to communicate, make decisions and problem-solve. If your child makes a poor choice at school, you may not always hear about it. These "teachable moments" need to be addressed as they happen and do not always require a call or note home.
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February 2017
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