Abstract
AbstractThe capacity to regulate emotional states is a key building block of human development and one that is impaired among many children involved in the child welfare system. This article explores how the literature on emotion regulation can inform child welfare practice. While the concept of emotion regulation and its measurement suffer from a number of problems, the literature provides a scientifically validated, if complicated, view of how some children in the child welfare system are left ill prepared to handle their emotions effectively. The article offers a number of concepts that can inform the application of current clinical perspectives in use in child welfare. A number of already-developed clinical protocols to increase emotion regulation competence can be imported into child welfare settings, and the emotion regulation literature offers a rich array of new targets and strategies from which to build new interventions and programs.
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