Managing Big Feelings: Emotional Regulation Strategies for Children with ADHD
Big emotions can derail a child's day, and the right regulation tool depends on the moment. This 20-page resource organizes emotional regulation strategies for children with ADHD into Strategy, Effective Practices and Why It Helps tables.
What's Inside
- Emotional Check-In Routines including feeling charts, mood journaling, and the traffic light system
- Movement-Based Regulation Strategies (animal walks, wall pushes, trampoline bursts)
- Sensory Regulation Strategies (sensory break stations, bubble breathing, heavy work activities)
- Cognitive Reframing Techniques for naming feelings and flipping unhelpful thoughts
- Grounding Techniques including the 5-4-3-2-1 senses game and deep belly breathing
- Visual Regulation Supports with emotion wheels and picture-based daily schedules
- Social-Emotional Support Strategies (emotion-coaching conversations, peer modeling, group emotion games)
How It Helps You
- Covers many approaches, from movement and sensory input to grounding and reframing
- Gives check-in routines like feeling charts and the traffic light system
- Explains why each strategy helps, so adults can choose with confidence
Ways to Use It
Use it to plan calm-down routines, guide counseling or SEL sessions, support behavior planning, or share regulation ideas with families.
Who It's For
Designed for special education teachers, general education teachers, school counselors, and parents looking for a comprehensive, evidence-based toolkit to help children with ADHD manage big emotions and build lasting self-regulation skills.
Format
PDF (print-ready) and PPTX (editable). 20 pages. Instant download.
Need more than one?
If regulation is a focus for your students, this bundle gathers more behavior and emotional support tables. The Behavior and Emotional Support Mega Bundle brings together 10 related resources in one download, and you save 25% compared to buying each item separately.
