How to use storytelling to help your child/student with difficult behavior

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What if, instead of asking children why they did something, we helped them make sense of what happened through storytelling? In this episode, I speak with Dr. Elizabeth Roberts, Licensed School Psychologist about how storytelling can help children identify their emotions, understand their reactions, and develop emotional regulation skills. We discuss how parents and teachers can use this simple approach to move beyond correcting behaviour and help children learn from their experiences.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How storytelling helps children understand the emotions behind their behaviour.
• Why asking "Why did you do that?" doesn't always lead to meaningful reflection.
• How to help children identify an emotion, understand its urge, and make a different choice.
• How to validate children's feelings while still setting boundaries.
• How parents and teachers can use storytelling to support their own emotional awareness.

Follow Dr. Roberts on Instagram and download her FREE Emotional Storytelling Scrips in her bio 

https://www.instagram.com/drelizabethroberts/

A recommended book:

Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child

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