06/22/2026
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East Boston Social Centers has been busy organizing workshops based on topics the East Boston early childhood community asked for! Following two wonderful events focused on speech development and family mental health, we hosted our latest workshop on June 4th—this time diving into understanding our children's behavior and how to support them in regulating their emotions.
Meghan Reilly and Debbie Eccleston from Harbor Area Early Intervention, a program of the North Suffolk Community Services team, led an insightful workshop with more than 30 parents and early childhood educators. Together, they explored critical topics, including:
Navigating Behaviors: Discussing the specific, real-world behaviors parents and caregivers are currently experiencing.
The Systems of Regulation: Unpacking how a child's sensory processing, emotional state, and executive functioning (attention) directly impact how they behave.
Practical Support Tools: Sharing actionable strategies to support a child's regulation system, which naturally improves behavior over time.
Key takeaways included:
Emotional regulation refers to children’s abilities to identify and manage the expression of emotion in accordance with social and cultural contexts.
Children need caregivers help to co-regulate their emotions. This means the adult stays calm even when the child is not.
Over 95% of participants agreed that they learned the importance of connection to support a child to regulate their nervous system. In the feedback survey, participants shared that they felt the ideas on how to regulate yourself and how to help children regulate themselves were very important. Multiple attendees shared they are eager to practice activities and strategies to help children regulate their emotions in future workshops.
A heartfelt thank you to Early Intervention for sharing their knowledge with us!
To every parent and educator who took the time to join us: we hope these insights leave you feeling empowered to navigate challenging moments. Raising young children is one of the hardest things a person can do, and we are honored to learn in community with you!
Workshop Resources
Did you miss the session or want to review the materials?
Click here to access the full slide presentation and all workshop handouts.
