In order to have a positive experience at school, children need school readiness skills that go beyond academics. One of these skills is emotional self-regulation.

Children who are well-regulated can pay attention to and learn from their environment – both academically and socially, which in turn prepares them for greater success at school. This e-Seminar introduces the importance of emotional self-regulation and its reciprocal relationship with language learning. You’ll learn how to help children practice self-regulation through sociodramatic play, which is associated with better emotional self-regulation in real-life situations. You’ll have the chance to personalize the content by filling out an Action Plan to apply in your work, and answering reflection questions either individually or with colleagues if you are attending as a group. 

Note: This e-Seminar will be beneficial for educators who are promoting emotional self-regulation in children who want to interact, who can engage with their peers and caregivers, and who are already responsive within interactions.

After completing this e-Seminar, you will be able to:

• Define emotional self-regulation.
• Identify how language impacts emotional self-regulation and how emotional self-regulation impacts language.
• Explain how sociodramatic pretend play promotes emotional self-regulation in preschoolers.
• Describe how to provide opportunities for emotional-self regulation by fostering sociodramatic play for typically developing children, as well as for children with delays.
• List strategies that serve to extend episodes of sociodramatic play in order to increase children’s opportunities for emotional self-regulation.