Supporting Emotional Regulation in the Classroom for Students with ADHD

Description

Supporting Emotional Regulation in the Classroom is a comprehensive resource designed to equip educators, caregivers, and school professionals with the knowledge and tools needed to support students with ADHD who experience emotional regulation challenges. Understanding the emotional component of ADHD is essential for creating a learning environment where students can thrive. This resource provides practical insights, visuals, and strategies that are easy to implement.

Key Features:

• Sharable Article: “When Emotional Dysregulation Creates a Barrier to Learning for Students with ADHD: How to Help in the School Setting” offers an in-depth look at the relationship between ADHD and emotional regulation, highlighting effective classroom strategies.
• Caregiver Education Sheets: One-page references that help caregivers understand and support emotional regulation needs.
• Visual Supports: Multiple sizes of visual aids designed to be used in the classroom to reinforce emotional regulation strategies.
• Debunking ADHD Misconceptions: Clarifies that ADHD extends beyond attention and hyperactivity, significantly impacting emotional self-regulation.
• Evidence-Based Interventions: Proactive and positive strategies that emphasize co-regulation, helping students develop emotional self-regulation skills that last a lifetime.
• Co-Regulation Guidance: Explores three broad categories of co-regulatory support, providing practical tools for building strong relationships, structuring environments, and teaching essential self-regulation skills.
• Scaffolding Techniques: Detailed steps for guiding students through externalizing attentional deployment and cognitive appraisal to help them manage their emotions.
• Environmental Structuring Tips: Recommendations for creating a calm, safe, and predictable classroom environment, including how to set up a “Reset and Return” space for students to de-escalate and regain focus.

By using this guide, you will gain a deeper understanding of the emotional challenges faced by students with ADHD and learn how to create a supportive, structured environment that nurtures self-regulation skills. Whether you are a teacher, parent, caregiver, therapist, or mentor, this resource will empower you to co-regulate with students, help them build emotional self-regulation skills, and support their academic and personal growth.

Learn more about ADHD and Emotional Regulation  here.