Parent Handouts Self-Regulation

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Across
  1. 2. This is a difficult, yet important time of growth for children,often filled with displays of emotional extremes
  2. 3. Tell them what is ________ rather than what is not.
  3. 4. Your interaction with your child,including how you accommodate his temperament and respond to his needs,affect how he learns to self-regulate.
  4. 5. Be _______. Anticipate inappropriate behavior and re-direct it.
  5. 6. using words like happy, sad, embarrassed,and proud to describe how you feel.
  6. 7. Your child’s temperament and how he responds to stressful situations affect how and when he develops self-regulation.
  7. 9. Self-regulation develops as children grow.
  8. 12. rely on caregivers to respond to their signals and meet their needs for food, sleep, comfort, and interaction.
Down
  1. 1. Provide structure and
  2. 8. Turning away or arching the back are cues infants give for
  3. 10. Includes the ability to focus and to control impulses.
  4. 11. Using language (especially naming emotions) helps develop self-regulation and sets the stage for the child’s future learning.