✔  Why it's important to teach and understand emotions✔  Why it's important to teach and understand emotional regulation and sensory regulation✔  Understanding our own sensory profile✔  Understanding our kids' sensory profiles✔  Explosive meltdowns vs shutdowns✔  Tools & strategies to calm down and therefore stay calm and regulatedManaging Meltdowns:✔  Don’t be telling someone that’s not calm to calm down - it won’t end well ✔  Limit talking, questions, demands till another time of day when they are better regulated✔  Someone in meltdown mode - silent or explosive - is not capable of reasoning or processing. They are maxed out and you talking will be adding to their overwhelm not helping✔  Meltdowns - not the time for discussions about behaviour or for punishing/discipline - save talking through for later (often hours later)✔  Learn strategies that work with you & each child (they’ll be different) and have them ready to go when a meltdown happens - meltdowns aren’t the time to test (unless working with a new child)✔  Ultimately we want our kids to take control & responsibility for staying regulated - teach them rather than always doing it for them (talk through the process - this can take years)✔  Pick your battles - if your kid keeps calm/regulated by having 4 weetbix at 5pm right before dinner… What are you going to do? What’s more important?Little Wooden Toybox Pty Ltdhttps://www.littlewoodentoybox.com.auhttps://www.trainingbites.com.auAny requests or feedback?Email Tash: tashkritter@gmail.com