Calm is a state. Emotional regulation is a set of skills.
Emotional Regulation: From assessment through to intervention
If you can't assess those skills, your goals and intervention are guesswork. Join us live to support your clients from assessment through to intervention.
- 2.5 hours liveThu 26 Nov, 4:30pm AEDT
- Bonus 30-min Q&ABring your trickiest client
- 30+ page workbookYours to keep
- Replay for 45 daysIf you can't make all of it
- Kid Link OTs in the chatDuring the live session
Stuck in a rut with emotional regulation goals?
- Your clients don't seem to be making progress towards their emotional regulation goals.
- You're using the same strategies, activities or approaches and wondering why they aren't working.
- You have a few go-to strategies and use them with pretty much every kid.
- Your emotional regulation goals are secretly "be calm" goals.
- There's a big gap between what you learnt at uni and what you see on your caseload.
A list of strategies is simply not enough
It's often what clinicians want. We've been through the evidence, and here's what you actually need.
Calm isn't the goal
Calm is a state. Emotional regulation is what lets us monitor, evaluate and adapt based on our goal. A calm kid isn't always a regulated kid, and a dysregulated kid doesn't always look distressed.
Not one skill. A set of them.
Emotional regulation involves monitoring, evaluating and modifying your emotional reactions to accomplish your goals. That's why the generic goal never quite lands and the intervention never quite works.
Good regulation isn't always deep breathing
Sometimes it's reappraisal, situation selection, or even avoidance. The skill is knowing which one fits the child, the goal and the situation.
The reasoning behind the strategy
A clinician who only has a list of strategies can't adapt when they stop working. A clinician who has the reasoning can always find the next thing to try.
For new grads and experienced OTs. Whether you're just starting out with a full caseload or you've been practising for years, bring your trickiest emotional regulation client. That's exactly who this is for.
Nobody sits you down and shows you how to actually assess emotional regulation, or what to do once you have. You learn it on the job, case by case, usually the hard way.
- What emotional regulation skills involve, and why it's so hard to define and assess
- How to effectively assess your clients' emotional regulation skills, because goals and intervention all flow from there
- Assessment tools, including the screeners and scales we actually use
- How to tell what's actually driving a dysregulated presentation
- How to build a defensible goal and know which skill you're actually targeting
- When, why and how to choose a strategy for the individual child, from assessment all the way through to intervention
Everything included in your ticket
Our most attended course, rebuilt on a recent evidence review.
- Two and a half hours live on Zoom
- A bonus 30-minute Q&A
- A 30+ page workbook you keep
- The whole recording for 45 days if you can't make all of it
- Kid Link OTs in the chat
Meet Caity and Caitlyn
Caity Waters
Hi, my name is Caity. I have been working at Kid Link since 2022 and am passionate about supporting children and their families to achieve their unique goals in a fun, supportive, and engaging way.
I have a strong interest in mental health and enjoy working collaboratively with families and schools to ensure strategies are transferred across environments. I also enjoy creating and delivering presentations for parents, schools, and other occupational therapists.
Caitlyn Cowie
Hi, I'm Caitlyn, the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist at Kid Link OT. I joined the team in 2017 after graduating from Monash University with a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours). I'm an endorsed mental health practitioner (BAMH) and balance leadership responsibilities with a clinical caseload supporting children and teens aged 4 to 18.
I'm passionate about working with teens, supporting mental health, and navigating complex presentations. I play a key role in overseeing service delivery improvements, supervision, and professional development across the team. I have extensive experience delivering education to allied health clinicians, families, and schools on a range of practice areas and can't wait to connect with you.
What clinicians say about Kid Link Education
"Very professional and helpful presentation with great practical tips and tools that I can start using immediately. Really loved the friendly but knowledgeable presenters."
"I also love that Kidlink webinars are digestible and always have a great workbook of resources."
"Continue as you have: excellent presentations & information. Love the corresponding workbook & resources."
"This was fantastic. The amount of resources provided was so helpful."
Save your spot
Early bird is $132 until Wednesday 14 October. Tickets stay open right up until we go live at 4:30pm AEDT on Thursday 26 November.
Early bird
Until Wed 14 October
General admission
From 15 October until we go live
Booking a team?
Group tickets for 5 or 10 are available at checkout. Need a different number? Email support@kidlink.net.au and we'll sort it out.
Full refund up to 7 days before the live event. Secure checkout by Humanitix.
Good to know before you book
What if I can't make it live?
The whole recording is yours for 45 days, so you can watch any part you miss.
What time is it in my state?
| VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS (AEDT) | 4:30pm to 7:30pm |
| QLD (AEST) | 3:30pm to 6:30pm |
| SA (ACDT) | 4:00pm to 7:00pm |
| NT (ACST) | 3:00pm to 6:00pm |
| WA (AWST) | 1:30pm to 4:30pm |
How long is the session?
Two and a half hours of webinar, plus a bonus 30-minute Q&A.
Is this right for me as a new grad? What if I'm experienced?
It's for both. New grads get the part uni skipped: how to assess emotional regulation and what to do once you have. Experienced clinicians who feel stuck in a rut get the reasoning behind choosing a strategy.
I did your last emotional regulation course. Is this the same?
It's our most attended course, rebuilt on a recent evidence review.
Can I book for my team?
Yes. Group tickets for 5 or 10 are available at checkout. For a different number, email support@kidlink.net.au.
I'm an OT Link member. How do I get my discount?
Access Basic and Access Advanced members can apply their member discount at checkout.
What's the refund policy?
Full refund up to 7 days before the live event.
Assess it. Then know what to do.
Join Caity and Caitlyn live on Zoom, Thursday 26 November at 4:30pm AEDT, with the workbook and the replay for 45 days.
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