Two Coping Skills You Can Teach Your Child Today

In this episode, Daina Haines (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and Andy Dean (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) discuss two DBT coping skills parents can teach their children to help them tolerate negative emotions and manage impulsivity.

 

What it means to take your emotional temperature – and why we may need to use different skills depending on how dysregulated we are (2:40).

 

How to use the STOP Skill with your child to manage impulsivity (5:50).

 

Creating space between your emotions and what action you decide to take (10:40).

 

The importance of modeling to teach kids skills (12:00).

 

How to use the TIPP skill with your kids to help them regulate their emotions when they are distressed (15:05).