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- Overview
- How Epilepsy Can Affect Learning
- Epilepsy Management
- Fostering Independence
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Learning and Participation
- Activity
- Perception and Attention
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Recall - Memory
- The Process of Memory
- Different memory processes
- What happens if my child struggles with memory?
- What can I do to help my child’s memory?
- The mind’s post-it note
- Keeping emotions in control
- Self Regulation
- How can I help my child develop emotional self-regulation?
- What does well developed self-regulation look like?
- Strategies to calm down before deciding how to act
- Turtle approach
- Riding the wave
- Planning
- Perform - Doing
- Professional services
- Telling others about your child’s epilepsy
- Healthy family relationships
- FAQs
- Acknowledgement
- Feedback
- Glossary
It is a challenge for many children to manage their emotions and find the best way to deal with a situation they are not happy about.
All parents have experienced their child having a ‘melt down’ when it was time to stop screen time, or they weren’t allowed an ice-cream or they had to share their favourite toy. Learning to express disappointments and frustrations appropriately is a developmental skill which continues to be refined well into adolescence and even adulthood.
You may like to complete the quiz to review how well your child is managing their emotions.
For a child to cope in the classroom setting they need to have a certain amount of emotional self-regulation.
