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Practitioner's Guide to Emotion Regulation in School-Aged Children


Practitioner's Guide to Emotion Regulation in School-Aged Children



von: Gayle L. Macklem

53,49 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 03.12.2007
ISBN/EAN: 9780387738512
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 226

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<P>Most children master emotion regulation skills during their early childhood, though, increasingly, many enter school with mild or serious deficits that may not be addressed effectively or early enough. <EM>Practitioner’s Guide to Emotion Regulation in School-Aged Children</EM> presents in-depth background and practical information on the subject to enable school professionals to craft interventions that are developmentally appropriate, relevant, and timely.</P>
<P>In this volume, variables that contribute to emotional regulation are identified, complex relationships between emotions, stress, and temperament are explored, and challenges to competence at school (e.g., test anxiety, bullying) and at home (e.g., punishment for "wrong" emotions) are examined. Strategies for recognizing specific skill deficiencies or more general needs are provided, along with emotion coaching techniques, cognitive-behavioral methods, anger management programs, empathy training, and other interventions. Dozens of worksheets and handouts included in the book can be reproduced or fine-tuned to fit age and ability levels.</P>
<P>Featured topics include:</P>
<UL>
<LI>Emotion dysregulation as a risk factor for mental disorders, including anxiety, depressive disorders, and the autism spectrum. </LI>
<LI>The biology of emotion regulation, and its potential in designing interventions. </LI>
<LI>Strengthening parenting skills to reinforce children’s emotional skills. </LI>
<LI>Working with teachers to improve the emotional climate in the classroom. </LI>
<LI>The peer group: translating self-regulation into social contexts. </LI>
<LI>Step by step intervention processes. </LI></UL>
<P>With targeted training at the classroom, home, and peer levels, children can better attain the vital skills they need for a lifetime of social interactions. This volume is an essential resource for school psychologists and other school-based mental health professionals. </P>
The Importance of Emotional Regulation in Child and Adolescent Functioning and School Success.- Emotional Dysregulation.- Understanding the Biology of Emotion and Using this Knowledge to Develop Interventions.- Development of Emotion Regulation in Young Children.- Parenting and Emotion Regulation.- Emotion Regulation in the Classroom.- Emotion Regulation and Social Functioning in the Context of the Peer Group.- Regulating Positive and Negative Emotions.- Strategies for Parents and Teachers.- Adapting Interventions for Use with School-Aged Children.- The Intervention Process.
<P>Gayle L. Macklem, MA, NCSP, LEP, is a Massachusetts licensed school psychologist and a Massachusetts-licensed educational psychologist. She has served in the field of education for 30 years. A former president of the Massachusetts School Psychologists Association (MSPA), she serves as the Technology Chairperson of the state association. Gayle is an adjunct instructor in the Counseling and School Psychology Specialist Training Program at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. Gayle writes curriculum and writes on topics of interest to educators. She is a frequent presenter at regional and national conferences. Gayle is the author of Springer’s Bullying and teasing: Social power in children’s groups (2003).<BR></P>
<P>Most children master emotion regulation skills during their early childhood, though, increasingly, many enter school with mild or serious deficits that may not be addressed effectively or early enough. <EM>Practitioner’s Guide to Emotion Regulation in School-Aged Children</EM> presents in-depth background and practical information on the subject to enable school professionals to craft interventions that are developmentally appropriate, relevant, and timely.</P>
<P>In this volume, variables that contribute to emotional regulation are identified, complex relationships between emotions, stress, and temperament are explored, and challenges to competence at school (e.g., test anxiety, bullying) and at home (e.g., punishment for "wrong" emotions) are examined. Strategies for recognizing specific skill deficiencies or more general needs are provided, along with emotion coaching techniques, cognitive-behavioral methods, anger management programs, empathy training, and other interventions. Dozens of worksheets and handouts included in the book can be reproduced or fine-tuned to fit age and ability levels.</P>
<P>Featured topics include:</P>
<UL>
<LI>Emotion dysregulation as a risk factor for mental disorders, including anxiety, depressive disorders, and the autism spectrum. </LI>
<LI>The biology of emotion regulation, and its potential in designing interventions. </LI>
<LI>Strengthening parenting skills to reinforce children’s emotional skills. </LI>
<LI>Working with teachers to improve the emotional climate in the classroom. </LI>
<LI>The peer group: translating self-regulation into social contexts. </LI>
<LI>Step by step intervention processes. </LI></UL>
<P>With targeted training at the classroom, home, and peer levels, children can better attain the vital skills they need for a lifetime of social interactions. This volume is an essential resource for school psychologists and other school-based mental health professionals. </P>
Focuses specifically on mental health practice in schools Provides much-needed guidance on understanding and strengthening emotion regulation in school-aged children Is written for practitioners, the book provides a unique combination of theory and background as well as guidance on application and evidence-based interventions that can be implemented immediately Offers multiple interventions for the various situations school psychologists and other allied professionals confront in the real world -- schools, individual children, children in groups, families, and classrooms Provides practical tools that can be taught to children and shared with parents and teachers Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
<P>Emotion regulation skills should be mastered by early childhood, but many enter school with mild or serious deficits that may not be addressed effectively or early enough. This book presents in-depth background and practical information on the subject so school professionals can craft interventions that are developmentally appropriate, relevant, and timely. Written for practitioners, the book provides a unique combination of theory and background as well as guidance on application and evidence-based interventions that can be implemented immediately. Strategies are included for recognizing specific skill deficiencies or more general needs. The book provides solid support for school psychologists and other school-based mental health professionals. With targeted training at the classroom, home, and peer levels, children can achieve the vital skills they need for a lifetime of social interactions.</P>