Key Components of Effective Interventions for Self-Regulation

Key Components of Effective Interventions for Self-Regulation

Did you know that research indicates that self-regulation skills develop over time?  Did you know that research also shows that self-regulation skills can improve with effective interventions?  Research indicates that there are key components of effective interventions for self-regulation.  Here are 4 questions regarding effective interventions for self-regulation:

When is the most effective time to use self-regulation interventions?

Research indicates that self-regulation interventions are more effective when used at turning points or specific periods of development such as the early childhood years.

How should self-regulation interventions be used?

Self-regulation interventions are more effective when involving repeated practice sessions in everyday situations.  The skills should increase in difficulty over time.  In addition, the interventions should include multiple levels of influence in different contexts.

What types of children benefit the most from self-regulation interventions?

Research indicates that the interventions are most effective for children who are at the most risk such as low income or under high amounts of stress.

What other types of interventions have been shown to be effective in the development of self-regulation skills?

Mindfulness and yoga have been shown encouraging results to help children develop self-regulation skills.

Read more on self-regulation here.

Reference:

McClelland, Megan, John Geldhof, Fred Morrison, Steinunn Gestsdóttir, Claire Cameron, Ed Bowers, Angela Duckworth, Todd Little, and Jennie Grammer. “Self-regulation.” In Handbook of Life Course Health Development, pp. 291 Springer, Cham, 2018.

If you need more ideas to teach self-regulation skills to children Self Regulation Skills Curriculum.

Self- Regulation Skills Taught: This curriculum provides an effective, time-efficient structured system to provide classroom breaks, improve self-awareness and self-advocacy and teach specific self-regulation skills so that kids have tools to use in their classrooms. This system will get kids moving, give them the benefits of a brainpower boost [from getting their heart rate up], give them heavy work and isometrics to help them calm down, and help them learn techniques to quiet and control their bodies in order to return to their academic work.  FIND OUT MORE.