Live webinar air date: September 26, 2025, 2 p.m. Eastern time
Date
CE credits
2
Exam items
15
Series
Child and Adolescent Development
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Description
Many children and adolescents experience challenges navigating their emotions. This is no surprise as emotion regulation is complex. There is no one strategy that is helpful to every person or in every situation. Current emotion regulation research focuses on when and for whom a strategy is helpful. This webinar examines eight emotion regulation strategies: (1) acceptance, (2) avoidance/escape, (3) distraction, (4) emotional support-seeking, (5) problem-solving, (6) reframing/reappraisal, (7) rumination/repetitive thinking, and (8) somatic relaxation. The presentation will provide psychologists with evidence-based information on the strengths and limitations of each strategy and evidence-informed recommendations on how to optimize use of each strategy with children and adolescents.
This program is part of the Professional Development Training Institute on Child and Adolescent Development.
Learning objectives
- Discuss how emotion regulation strategy use is influenced by breadth of strategy repertoire, depth of knowledge about strategies, and extent of experience using strategies.
- Describe when and for whom specific emotion regulation strategies are helpful.
- Discuss how to support children and adolescents to use specific emotion regulation strategies in a helpful manner.
Presenter
Zi Jia Ng, PhD
A licensed clinical child psychologist, a nationally certified school psychologist, and a mixed methods researcher with expertise in child and adolescent emotion regulation and emotional well-being. Her work on children and adolescents focuses on understanding what they feel and supporting how they feel. As the first author, Ng has published papers in top tier school, educational, and clinical psychology journals, as well as translated psychological science for the public through op-eds in well-known outlets.
