Strategies for Teaching Emotional Regulation Skills to Parents, Caregivers, and Natural Support People

Nicole Klasey, PsyD & Charleen Dere, LMFT

Training Description

Parents and caregivers of system-involved youth play a crucial role in their healing journey. So, it’s essential for caregivers to regulate themselves in order to assist youth most effectively with regulating themselves. Participants will learn how to self-regulate and teach parents, caregivers, and others who support system involved youth about emotional regulation skills to help improve outcomes for system involved youth.

Learning Objectives

1. Describe at least 2 emotional regulation skills

2. Identify at least 1 way a parent’s/caregiver’s regulation skills can impact youth