Emotional regulation is not a curriculum – and treating it like one backfires
About this episode
This episode discusses the challenges of teaching emotional regulation in schools and the potential pitfalls of treating it as a curriculum subject.
Emotional regulation is not a curriculum - and treating it like one backfires. Many pupils can explain their emotions, name calming strategies, and talk confidently about what they “should” do… yet still struggle to cope when things get hard in the classroom. In this episode of School Behaviour Secrets, you’ll learn why teaching emotional regulation as a set of lessons often doesn’t work, and how schools can accidentally make things worse by confusing facts about regulation with emotional reg...
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