Our students and children often struggle with managing their emotions and feelings, especially when these emotions are strong and overwhelming. It can be difficult to understand how to manage emotions in the midst of stress, and how to juggle more than one emotion at a time. This Social Story is meant to provide students with clear, step-by-step guidance and instruction around How to Manage Strong Emotions.
This includes:
A. Normalizing the experience of having strong emotions
B. Examples of common emotions
C. Examples of what being extremely excited, angry, and worried might look like, both mentally and physically
D. Introducing effective strategies to Calm and Process strong emotions
E. Offering space for the student to come up with their Own strategies
F. Reinforcing the importance of learning this skill!
This 11-page social story is in PDF format, and can be easily printed and laminated. It contains engaging visuals and developmentally appropriate language. It is best suited for elementary students (Gr. K-6) and students in special education/life skills classroom settings.
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