early experience robs the child of the capacity to manage his own feelings and decreases the parents’ ability to manage their own tempers and feelings
This course is for parents who find they are confused and angry from the chronic conflict in their family.
The brain learns how to regulate the emotional states through parental care but when this is inadequate or irregular, the brain simply doesn’t develop the capacity for a child to manage feelings. The result is that the child creates emotional turmoil and chronic anger.
Impact on the family - the emotional dysregulation presented by child means that adoptive parents often find themselves overwhelmed and over stimulated by the resulting chronic conflict. Parents become upset at their own anger and sense of helplessness.
Anticipated outcome –
a) you will have effective skills to help the child learn to become less reactive to small issues
b) you will have the skills to reduce your emotional reactivity to the child’s behaviors