Self Regulation

self regulated- in parts

I read this article as I am interested in helping children become more self regulated. I feel in the last few years more and  more children need help in this area. Initially I was thinking how children in this more modern learning environment need to be self regulated when learning, however this can also be children who need to work on self regulating their emotions.  It talks about in this article that you need to coach children through problems with self regulating and provide support so you get the behaviour you want. This would mean scaffolding in different situations and possibly breaking things down to help them work through a situation.

Although this mainly talked about emotional regulation in children it did say that the environment needs to be one that is reflective and analytical and this would be beneficial to have.

I think that self regulation can't be expected to just occur and needs to be modelled by children shown how to do this in practical situations. This support needs to be with emotional self regulation and the self regulation with their learning as well. As mentioned before I feel that I have to give more and more children strategies and support to help self regulate themselves both emotionally and in other areas, than I have had in the past. I personally think that the environments we are trying to set up in the classrooms are one in which they get practise at working on being self regulated and I don't think you can expect them to always get this right but it is our job to keep giving them the skills and strategies to help them. These  skills  will definitely be needed in the future. I am asking myself now am I giving all the support and strategies to help all children to become self regulated. I think sometimes it is easier to give them to help them be self regulated as learners but the emotional side is harder to give strategies for as there are many factors that need to be considered.