Developing conscious control and self-regulation skills in the early years is an important factor in child development, although there is limited application of cognitive strategy-based approaches with young children in both clinical and non-clinical settings. This study investigated the Conscious Control Curriculum (3Cs), an approach to teach…

Emotion regulation (ER) is a relatively understudied area of intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Parents play a significant role in the development of ER in children with and without developmental disabilities (Cole et al., 1994; Norona & Baker, 2014). Morris and colleagues (2017) reviewed a number of ER…

This study explored the impact of a 4-week skills group intervention based on the principles of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with a sample of adolescents attending a Disciplinary Alternative Education Program. This article provides a session-by-session overview of activities adapted from DBT-specified training modules of mindfulness,…