ECHO for Families is a community that provides opportunities for learning, advocacy, and mentorship with families that have a child with developmental disabilities, autism, or other special healthcare needs. This network allows families to receive professional support and brainstorm evidence-based solutions or share successes with other families around the state and nation.

The UW ECHO for Families is the first ECHO network that provides information directly to families and can be accessed anywhere in the state.

September 25: Supporting Emotion Dysregulation in Youth

This session offers an overview of emotion regulation in youth, focusing on understanding its importance, identifying key emotion regulation strategies, and providing effective support for youth. Signs of dysregulation and challenges related to emotion regulation will also be discussed. Though the focus of this presentation will be on supporting youth, emotion regulation strategies are relevant and important across the lifespan and may also apply to adults and caregivers more broadly.

Presenter: Kate Breitenfeldt, University of Wyoming (UW) Psychology Department