Back to school can be hard AF...How do we make it easier? W/Alyssa

Alyssa stresses that many children feel dysregulated during the back-to-school transition and may experience a spike in separation anxiety. Because of this, she has a few tips for how parents can deal with their tiny human’s big emotions:

Preview and prepare: Request pictures of your child’s school and teacher to help your child prepare, or do a walk-through of the school at a time when your child is feeling regulated.

Create coping strategies: Put a family picture or favorite stuffed animal in your child’s backpack. This will help your child self-soothe while at school. 

Create routines: Develop a healthy drop-off and pick-up routine that regulates your child’s nervous system and commit to no nightly activities for at least two weeks after school begins.

 These are just a few ways Alyssa suggests regulating your child’s big, back-to-school emotions.Alyssa Blask Campbell is the founder and CEO of Seed & Sew, an organization committed to giving parents, teachers and caregivers the tools to raise emotionally intelligent humans. An emotional development expert with a master’s degree in early education, Alyssa co-created the Collaborative Emotion Processing (CEP) method with Lauren Stauble and researched it across the United States. She hosts the Voices of Your Village podcast and has been featured as an emotional development expert in publications including The Washington Post, Kids VT, and Family Education. Alyssa is deeply passionate about building emotional intelligence in children and creating a shame-free, judgment-free community of people interested in doing the same at Seed & Sew.Alyssa Blask Campbell, M.Ed., founded Seed & Sew You can also check out these free resources from Seed & Sew to learn more:

Activities for Kids’ Regulation: Giving children the power of regulation

through guided activities.

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