Little People, Big Feelings – for ELC Educators

It’s tough when young children are struggling with big emotions! Meltdowns, outbursts, and challenging behaviours can leave us feeling lost and unsure how to help. What we sometimes forget is that these behaviours usually stem from overwhelming feelings that children don’t yet have the tools to manage.

Little People, Big Feelings is Dr Justin Coulson’s powerful guide for Early Years Educators to help children understand and regulate their emotional world. Once children develop competence with this critical life skill, they will feel more confident, have healthier relationships with others, and even be physically healthier.

This presentation equips educators with a five-step “emotion coaching” process that brings together the very best in emotional intelligence research from Dr John Gottman, the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence and others to build children’s resilience, develop healthier humans, and increase overall wellbeing in an early learning setting.