Managing emotions
Learn why people struggle with managing emotions. Find out how ADHD, learning disabilities, and anxiety impact emotions. Get tips on dealing with anger, sadness, and frustration.
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- How scary news can impact kids who learn and think differently
- 5 tough situations for kids with sensory processing challenges
- What causes trouble with self-control?
- Understanding sensory processing issues
- Download: Help your child get ready for an event
- How I learned to be OK with things just being OK
- 5 tips to help kids with self-control struggles “behave” (and have fun) at family gatherings
- 10 tips to get your child ready for a trip
- Teens with ADHD and lying
- ADHD and rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD)
- The 3 types of self-control
- Cognitive behavioral therapy: What is CBT?
- My teen stopped talking to me. Should I be worried?
- 7 ways to communicate with your child without yelling
- What to say when your preschooler gets frustrated
- 5 steps to take If you think your child is depressed
- How to help middle-schoolers gain self-control
- Why some kids overreact to criticism
- Why some kids fall apart after school
- Escape from confusion dyslexia art
- Understanding why kids have trouble managing emotions
- What to say when your middle-schooler gets frustrated
- Why kids in fourth grade often get angry
- What is self-control?
- What is social-emotional learning?
- ADHD and “analysis paralysis”
- Trouble with self-control: Conversation starters to use with your child’s teacher
- What a child’s anger might be telling you
- When older kids still have tantrums: What to know
- ADHD and anger
- Stress and kids who learn and think differently
- 9 tips for helping grade-schoolers cope with test anxiety
- 6 common fears for kids who learn and think differently
- Good stress vs. bad stress for kids
- How competence anchors can help kids overcome fear of failure in school
- The importance of mindfulness for kids who learn and think differently
- Dyslexia and depression
- What to say when your grade-schooler gets frustrated
- ADHD and depression
- ADHD and mood swings
- Why teens and tweens may be frustrated with school — and what you can say to help
- Is executive function disorder a real diagnosis?
- Anger is exhausting
- ADHD and seasonal affective disorder
- Executive function issues: Possible causes
- 13 tips for getting more sleep
- Why kids act out
- 6 ways to help kids with visual sensitivity
- Why kids grieve in unexpected ways
- Tantrums over gifts: Why they happen and what to do
- How to help your grade-schooler manage overexcitement
- Checklist: Questions to ask potential therapists
- 6 ways kids might respond to an evaluation result
- 3 tips if you have job interview anxiety
- How to help grade-schoolers gain self-control
- Preventing meltdowns before they happen: A classroom guide
- How to show empathy to your students with compassionate curiosity
- Download: Feelings wheel
- How to manage behavior problems in young kids
- 3 ways I model resilience for my students
- ADHD and emotions
- What is test anxiety?
- My child with ADHD has lots of friends but is still lonely. What’s going on?
- 8 ways I manage anxiety from my learning disability
- When kids grab, push, and play too rough: What it can mean
- What should I do when my child says “I’m bad”
- Treatment for mental health issues
- 5 social-emotional learning games to play with your child
- ADHD, anxiety, and anger: How they’re linked
- Teaching with empathy: Why it’s important
- When is it time to get my child help for mental health issues?
- 5 factors of emotional intelligence
- The difference between tantrums and meltdowns
- 5 ways teens with ADHD take risks — and why
- ADHD and falling in love
- Unrealistic thinking in kids with ADHD
- How to use proactive praise with your child
- 6 tips for talking to your child after a tantrum or meltdown
- A day in the life of a child with sensory processing challenges
- Practicing self-care: 5 tips for teachers
- 10 tips to help kids avoid travel meltdowns and sensory overload
- Download: Sensory-friendly holiday checklist
- 7 tips to help your child self-soothe
- 3 surprising skills ADHD affects
- Will my child bounce back from the coronavirus crisis?
- ADHD and feelings of remorse
- ADHD and aggression
- What is perseveration?
- ADHD and sensory overload
- Self-care for kids: 6 ways to self-regulate
- What is executive function?
- Back-to-school making you and your child anxious? These strategies can help
- Video: How meditation helps poet LeDerick Horne manage attention and emotions
- The difference between disruptive behavior disorders and ADHD
- Emotional intelligence: What it means for kids
- Classroom accommodations for anxiety
- Taming tantrums vs. managing meltdowns
- Our community weighs in: 16 holiday survival tips for kids with ADHD
- 5 Halloween challenges for kids with ADHD
- Trouble with self-regulation: What to know
- Emotional sunburn: What rejection sensitive dysphoria feels like to me
- The emotional toll of slow processing speed on my daughter
- ADHD and perfectionism
- Mom’s emotional video about IEP frustration goes viral
- Weighted blankets and ADHD
- ADHD and coping with grief: 8 ways to help your child
- Understanding impulsivity in kids
- 8 ways to help teens with ADHD avoid dating trouble spots
- How to help your middle- or high-schooler manage overexcitement
- How to help high-schoolers gain self-control
- Behavior challenges: Conversation starters to use with your child’s teacher
- How to help your child get emotional support at school
- 5 tips for taking a mutual time-out with your child
- Download: Sample sensory diet
- Download: Holiday behavior worksheet for your child
- Executive function skills: They can be hot or cool
- How to tell a tantrum from a meltdown
- Social and emotional trouble in school: 7 things to ask your child’s teachers
- How to help kids cope when they get upset
- 4 ways to project calm in heated moments with your child
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