If you've been following this series, you already know some key concepts about how kids and adults get upset. Now we're going to take a look at the techniques you can use at home to help "get the lid back". This is not an exhaustive list, but some ideas to get this started for you. These are the same techniques I use in sessions and that I teach families to use.

These games aren't merely "distractions" but are useful for helping the brain to reset and feel safe enough to get it's lid back. These are co-regulating, just like when you soothe a baby by using yourself to calm their overwhelmed nervous system. One important note- don't try these without understanding when to use them. If you haven't seen the previous videos in the "Flipping Your Lid" series, make sure to watch those first.

Some kids will rely more on an adult helping them to regulate and others want to do things more by themselves.  In sessions, we experiment with a combination of a series of co-regulating games and some that kids can use on their own. The games and tools they use on their own, we usually turn into a "survival kit" they can use to get their own lid back.

In the next video, we'll look at how to put all this together and walk through the entire process of working with someone who has "flipped their lid".