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Co-Regulation Parenting Plan
Teaching Co-Regulation can be tricky! This worksheet provides psychoeducation and an example of co-regulation between a parent and child before diving into a custom co-regulation plan for parents to support their child’s emotional needs.
The Behavior Iceberg (For Parents and Caregivers)
The Behavior Iceberg is a simple concept designed to help parents and caregivers understand common internal experiences that can contribute to a child’s behaviors. The visual of an iceberg helps to represent that an adult can easily see the child’s behaviors (often the one’s bringing the child to therapy) but that underneath the surface is the child’s thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and experiences that drive the behavior.
Active Listening (For Parents and Adults)
Active Listening is an effective and crucial communication skill to support parents experiencing difficulties in communication with their child. This Active Listening sheet listed here all provides education on practicing Active Listening in 3 steps, with examples to illustrate steps. Examples included are socially relevant for parents and include ways to explore a child’s thoughts, feelings, and perspective when their child is distressed.
I Feel Statements For Parents
One of the most common strategies that can support parents in their relationships is the practice of I feel statements. The I feel statement’s worksheets listed here all provide education on you statements vs I statements, include examples of what reframing a you statement into an I statement looks like, and offers a brief practice session for reframing you statements into I statements.
I feel statements for parents includes examples that are socially relevant for parents and include ways to communicate concerns and feelings with an I feel statement while sometimes providing a reminder about a limit they are trying to express to their child.