ACCOMPLISHMENT

As parents, we want our children to learn the necessary skills for managing their attention, emotions, and behavior. Our life experiences have taught us how essential these skills are for academic accomplishment, successful relationships, and community involvement. We have also experienced, as parents, frustration and wearinenss when our attempts to instill these skills in our children are unsuccessful... Self-regulation is the set of skills needed to manage our attention, emotions, and behavior. Research and best practice for these skills can be found under other headings, such as executive functioning, behavior management, self-control, and habits of mind. This website draws on that research, best practice, and our experience as parents to provide a resource for learning how to help your child develop self-regulation skills. Understand from the outset that achieving self-regulation skills is a process. So, relax. Take a deep breath. Most of the time, we can help our children develop..