Calming Volcanic Emotions focuses on strategies, tools, and resources adults can use to help youth emotionally regulate and manage anger and other big emotions. Participants will learn about strategies for helping deescalate volcanic emotions when they erupt, as well as learn about some emotional regulation and coping skills students can use to help them avoid buildup of big explosive emotions. Additionally, this session will review strategies for assessing and controlling’s one own emotional escalation when working with emotionally charged youth.
Objectives:
- Understanding root causes of anger
- Differentiating between Concerning and Unsafe behaviors and how to address
- Understanding the brain’s response to anger and the emotional response cycle
- Understanding the six steps of de-escalation for the adult helper
- Understanding the five step de-escalation process to teach youth
- Practicing strategies to access and calm one’s own volcanic emotions
When: Thursday, April 10, 2025, 11:30am-1pm (Via Zoom)
Provided by Inspiring Dreams Network