Understanding and Fostering Self-Regulation

If you are employed in a state that uses a registry to track professional development hours, you will be able to provide your registry ID (Stars, MOPID, Registry or other ECE ID#) after you have completed the quiz for the course. If you pass the quiz we will report your course completion to the state registry using the registry ID that you provide.

Explore self-regulation and its importance in early childhood with practical strategies for helping young children develop these essential skills. Designed for early childhood educators and caregivers, this course examines self-regulation, dysregulation, and co-regulation and explains how they affect children’s social, emotional, and academic development. Participants will learn how to recognize signs of dysregulation and use supportive, age-appropriate strategies to help children build self-regulation skills and become more confident, capable learners. Course length – 1.5 hours.

The course will help answer the following questions:

• What is self-regulation?

• Why is self-regulation important?

• What is dysregulation?

• How can I help the children learn self-regulation?

• What is co-regulation?

Participants who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• Define self-regulation and identify its key components with 80% accuracy on the course assessment.

• Develop at least three age-appropriate activities or positive-guidance strategies that help children manage their emotions and behaviors.

• Create a classroom-environment plan that includes at least three features that minimize stress and promote safety, security, and self-regulation.