Lauren is back with 5 more regulation strategies that you can try with the kiddos in your life! For the rest of May and all of June, Lauren is going to share 5 regulation strategies per week. In each episode, Lauren will explain how each strategy works to regulate and then give you specific examples of how you can start using these strategies with young kids (but these can be used with people of any age too!). 

In this episode, Lauren shares the first 6 emotional regulation strategies. All of today's approaches are nature and outdoors based which is perfect as we head into these warmer months. When you have a lot of options available, you can try each one and find the techniques that work best for you and your kiddos.

1. Get Out in Nature
2. Water
3. Cloud Watch, Moon Watch, Airplane Watch
4. Nature-Based Art
5. Find Art Forms that Feel Like Nature
6. Bring Nature Inside

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: I frequently and regularly am losing my cool with my kids. What do I do?

Try-at-home tip:  Use a temperature change to "shock" system into neutral zone.

Update: There will be no podcast episodes in July. Lauren is taking a little break during a busy summer month, but will be back in August with an exciting new series! 

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub: 

Blog Post: 

• The First Step to Emotional Regulation
• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids (& Adults!)
• How Exercise Impacts Emotional Regulation
• Amygdala: The Decision Maker of your Emotional Brain

Podcast:

• Chaos to Calm (Part 2)
• Chaos to Calm (Part 1)
• Emotional Regulation with the Top Down or Bottom Up Approach
• A Sequence for Emotional Regulation
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind
• Self Regulation - First of the 5 Needs Areas

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

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• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog
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