Developing Emotional Regulation Skills in Autistic Students: Tools and Strategies for Education Professionals
Presenters: Dr. Sungeun Kang (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and Dr. Rebecca Shaffer (Cincinnati Children's Hospital)A live one-hour webinar event on Wednesday, January 29 at 3PM EST (12PM PST) on Zoom
Description: This webinar will present an overview of the understanding emotion regulation difficulties and guide clinicians and school-based providers in managing emotional difficulties specific to ASD. Attendees will also receive practical resources for implementation in diverse educational settings.
Learning Objectives
- This session will help participants define emotion dysregulation and identify its associated outcomes, as well as the outcomes of emotion regulation, in students with ASD.
- Participants will explore the core components of Regulating Together-School (RT-S), a classroom intervention curriculum designed to address emotion dysregulation in autistic youth.
- Participants will identify potential core strategies to address emotion dysregulation within school systems and explore possible applications of these strategies in their own schools.