{"id":438,"date":"2020-07-22T17:48:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T17:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/resourcelibrary.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/?page_id=438"},"modified":"2024-03-14T23:45:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T23:45:54","slug":"emotional-control-for-adolescents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/resourcelibrary.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/?page_id=438","title":{"rendered":"Emotional Control for Adolescents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-info\">Adolescence brings new emotional challenges for caregivers and their teens. As a result of changes in the adolescent brain, teens experience significant increase in emotional intensity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-transform:capitalize\"><strong> In order to support and increase your clients emotional control in everyday situations caregivers can:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be clear and specific about the rules and keep the &#8220;<em><strong>have to&#8217;s&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> to a relatively small number. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be clear about which rules are negotiable, review them on a regular bases so it is clear that your expectations have not changed, and enforce them so they know you mean them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use communication strategies that invite discussion rather than confrontation. When communicating with your client during a conflict you may want to consider the following strategies:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Use active listening<\/strong> &#8211; paying attention to what your client is saying. Try to avoid the urge to immediately offer an opinion, judgment, or solution to what you see is the problem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Negotiate whenever you can <\/strong>&#8211; save the nonnegotiable for situations that are important. It is important to let your client know that you respect his\/her point of view and will negotiate or compromise whenever possible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Try and avoid no to any request that your client makes.<\/strong> No needs to remain in your vocabulary, but use it judiciously and be prepared to present your reasons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nAdolescence brings new emotional challenges for caregivers and their teens. As a result of changes in the adolescent brain, teens&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/resourcelibrary.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/?page_id=438\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Emotional Control for Adolescents&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8966,"featured_media":0,"parent":1389,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-438","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/resourcelibrary.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/resourcelibrary.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/resourcelibrary.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/resourcelibrary.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8966"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/resourcelibrary.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/resourcelibrary.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3263,"href":"http:\/\/resourcelibrary.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438\/revisions\/3263"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/resourcelibrary.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/resourcelibrary.ucalgaryblogs.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}