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Glenview CCSD 34 psychologist outlines strategies for parents to support children’s emotions
Summary
Dr. Sarah Gebhardt, a licensed clinical and school psychologist with Glenview CCSD 34, led a virtual workshop describing school and home strategies for social-emotional learning, emphasizing emotion vocabulary, 'name it and regulate it,' and restorative 'WITH' approaches to discipline.
Dr. Sarah Gebhardt, a licensed clinical and school psychologist with Glenview CCSD 34, led a virtual parent workshop on supporting children’s emotional development, describing specific classroom resources and parenting techniques the district uses and recommends.
Gebhardt opened by stressing that "fine is not a feeling," and that "feelings are information," arguing that naming emotions gives children and adults better data to respond rather than react. She framed the session around three practical strategies: recognizing and understanding emotions, expanding emotion vocabulary, and a regulation strategy she described as "name it and regulate it." She said the latter helps parents pause and move from reacting to…
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