Videos
Using Anchors for Emotional Regulation — Edutopia
This video shows how students can use simple grounding tools, or “anchors,” to calm their nervous systems and regulate emotions during stressful moments.
https://www.edutopia.org/video/student-emotional-regulation-using-anchors/
Teaching Self-Regulation by Modeling — Edutopia
This video explains how teachers can model self-regulation by naming emotions, responding calmly, and showing students how to manage feelings in healthy ways.
https://www.edutopia.org/video/teaching-self-regulation-modeling/
Creating a Dedicated Space for Reflection — Edutopia
This video shows how a peace corner or reflection space can help students calm down, identify emotions, and return to learning after stress or conflict.
https://www.edutopia.org/video/creating-dedicated-space-reflection
How Puppets Can Help Kids Express Emotions — Edutopia
This video shows how puppets can help elementary students learn calming strategies, identify feelings, and practice emotional regulation in a safe and engaging way.
https://www.edutopia.org/video/express-emotions-puppets-elementary-students
Learning to Name Feelings at the Emotional Ice Cream Shop — Edutopia
This video shows how young children can build emotional vocabulary through play, helping them recognize, name, and express feelings more appropriately.
https://www.edutopia.org/video/learning-to-name-feelings-at-the-emotional-ice-cream-shop/
What Are The Zones of Regulation? — Zones of Regulation
This official video explains the four Zones of Regulation and gives students a simple language for understanding energy levels, emotions, and self-regulation needs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ9X-d3oZvQ
Managing Intense Emotions — Child Mind Institute
This student-facing video helps elementary-age children notice strong emotions, manage them, and avoid reacting in ways that make problems worse.
https://childmind.org/healthyminds/managing-intense-emotions-parents-elementary/
Relaxation Skills — Child Mind Institute
This video teaches students calming strategies such as paced breathing that they can use when they are experiencing strong or uncomfortable emotions.
https://childmind.org/healthyminds/relaxation-skills-parents-elementary/
Understanding Feelings — Child Mind Institute
This video helps students understand that recognizing and naming emotions is an important first step in coping with difficult situations and building healthy relationships.
https://childmind.org/healthyminds/understanding-feelings-parents-elementary/
Understanding Thoughts — Child Mind Institute
This video explains how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are connected and helps students learn how changing their thinking can support emotional regulation.
https://childmind.org/healthyminds/understanding-thoughts-parents-elementary/
Mindfulness — Child Mind Institute
This video teaches students how mindfulness can help them pay attention to the present moment, improve self-awareness, and manage difficult emotions.
https://childmind.org/healthyminds/mindfulness-parents-elementary/
Having Big Feelings — Child Mind Institute
This Pre-K video helps younger children learn simple calming skills, including deep breathing, when they are experiencing big emotions.
https://childmind.org/healthyminds/pre-k-having-big-feelings-video/
Nixie and Nimbo: Kindergarten Learning Videos — Child Mind Institute
This animated video series helps young children understand anxiety, feelings, coping tools, and how thoughts and actions can affect emotions.
https://childmind.org/resources/videos/nixieandnimbo/
Mindfulness for Teens — Child Mind Institute
This video collection gives teens short, practical mindfulness strategies they can use to calm down, refocus, and manage overwhelming emotions.
https://childmind.org/resources/videos/mindfulness-for-teens/
Articles and Documents
3 Easy Ways to Make Feelings Visible in the Classroom — Edutopia
This article gives teachers practical ways to help students identify, name, and communicate emotions so they can build emotional literacy and self-regulation skills.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/emotional-literacy-classroom/
Self-Regulation Practices for Teachers and Students — Edutopia
This article explains how teachers can model self-regulation and create classroom routines that help students feel safe, connected, and ready to learn.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/self-regulation-strategies-teachers-students
How Can We Help Kids With Self-Regulation? — Child Mind Institute
This article explains what self-regulation is, what emotional dysregulation can look like, and how adults can teach children to slow down, reflect, and practice coping skills.
https://childmind.org/article/can-help-kids-self-regulation/
What Is Co-Regulation? — Child Mind Institute
This article explains how adults can help children regulate emotions by first managing their own reactions, staying calm, and supporting children through stressful moments.
https://childmind.org/article/what-is-co-regulation/
A Guide to Executive Function — Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
This resource explains how executive function and self-regulation skills help children plan, focus, manage emotions, make decisions, and control impulses.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resource-guides/guide-executive-function/
A Guide to Adult Capabilities — Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
This guide explains why adult self-regulation matters and how adults’ planning, focus, flexibility, and self-control affect the stable environments children need.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resource-guides/guide-adult-capabilities/
Fundamentals of Social and Emotional Learning — CASEL
This resource explains how social and emotional learning helps students manage emotions, build healthy relationships, set goals, show empathy, and make responsible decisions.
https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/
CASEL SEL Framework — CASEL
This document explains the five core SEL areas, including self-awareness and self-management, which are central to emotional regulation and student success.
https://casel.org/CASEL-sel-framework-11-2020/
SEL for Students: Self-Awareness and Self-Management — Greater Good in Education
This resource explains self-awareness and self-management and gives educators practical ways to help students understand emotions, manage behavior, and build coping skills.
https://ggie.berkeley.edu/student-well-being/sel-for-students-self-awareness-and-self-management/
The POWER Program: Positive Outcomes With Emotional Regulation — National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments
This resource provides information about a school-based emotional regulation program designed for middle and high school students who may need extra support with mental and behavioral health.
https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/resources/power-positive-outcomes-emotional-regulation-program
Classroom Management — Edutopia
This resource page includes articles and videos on routines, relationships, emotional safety, student behavior, and classroom strategies that support better emotional regulation.
https://www.edutopia.org/topic/classroom-management
Social and Emotional Learning — Edutopia
This topic page includes a collection of articles and videos about helping students build self-awareness, emotional control, empathy, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.
https://www.edutopia.org/topic/social-emotional-learning