Regulation and Co-Regulation Skills for Children and Families

About this episode

Matt and Erina discuss regulation and co-regulation skills for children and families, highlighting the Free Arts Family Program and its impact.

Join Matt and Erina as they discuss the Free Arts Family Program, regulation, and co-regulation. Erina gives a brief overview of the history of the Family Program and how it has grown in the past three years and what a Family Empowerment Night looks like. We wanted to share this episode during the holiday season because it can often be a deregulating time for a lot of individuals. Matt and Erina share some amazing art-based examples about how to both regulate and co-regulate - perhaps you will learn some techniques you can try during the next few weeks. You can listen to it on YouTube or your favorite streaming platform! Free Arts (www.freeartsaz.org) is an Arizona nonprofit organization that uses the power of the arts to help children who have experienced the trauma of abuse, neglect, and homelessness. Free Arts’ research-based program model, Art + Mentors = Resilience, helps children build the resilience they need to overcome trauma by connecting them with caring adults and creative activities that develop their skills and sense of self. Free Arts believes that healthy connections with adults create change. Through partnerships with local child welfare agencies, Free Arts is…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Sandoval

Guest: Erina

Topics covered

• regulation
• co-regulation
• family empowerment
• art-based techniques
• mental health
• child welfare

Keywords

• regulation skills
• co-regulation
• Free Arts Family Program
• art-based examples
• mental health techniques
• holiday season
• resilience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona, Free Arts, Free Arts AZ

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