Practical toolkit for building co-regulation and self-regulation skills
This training explores how to normalize emotional regulation needs for both students and educators. Led by Morgan van Diepen (BCBA and co-founder of BIP Visualized), the course turns complex behavioral strategies into simple, visual tools that educators can confidently use with diverse learners. You’ll learn how to proactively teach regulation skills and how to give support in the moment when emotions rise. Emotional regulation is the ability to recognize feelings, use calming strategies, and recover after conflict, skills strongly linked to both academic and social success.
Why Take This Training?
- Boost academic performance: Learn why teaching emotional regulation matters, schools implementing SEL programs showed an 11-point improvement in academic outcomes.
- Understand regulation vs. suppression: Emotional regulation isn’t about stopping feelings; it’s about having strategies to manage them.
- Differentiate proactive teaching from in-the-moment support: Teaching happens when students are calm; support involves quietly prompting pre-taught strategies with minimal verbal direction.
- Normalize emotional support: Learn how to create systems where tools like fidgets and sensory items are available to all students without stigma.
- Write effective IEP goals: Get guidance on defining frustration triggers, independent strategies (like rainbow breathing), and co-regulation methods (like seeking a trusted adult).
What You’ll Get
- Developmental guidance on regulation skills, from preschool co-regulation through adolescence.
- Three classwide routines to build regulation proactively, such as Calm Corners, daily Emotion Check-ins, and scheduled breaks (planned, calming, sensory, earned, or transition-focused).
- Specific co-regulation strategies (e.g., bubble breathing, quiet companionship, silly animal breaths).
- The Emotion Cans visual activity to help students indicate how they feel using photo tokens.
- Printable visual supports including calming posters, emotion-to-strategy cards (“How I’m Feeling” resource), and guidance on rainbow breathing.
- Teaching tools such as role-play games (e.g., Mindful Moments) and brief videos to normalize emotional practice.
Take this course to gain practical strategies that help students stay regulated, build resilience, and feel safe expressing emotions, creating a classroom culture where big feelings are expected, supported, and met with compassion.