Emotion coaching is increasingly being used as an approach in schools to support children’s ability to understand and manage their emotions, particularly negative emotions. As a result of emotion coaching, children’s ability to label their emotions, explain why they are feeling that way and find strategies for managing those feelings and situations in the future is increased.
Improvements in pupil behaviour and academic progress have accompanied children’s increased emotional competence (Gus et al 2017, Rose et al 2015). An additional benefit of adults engaging in emotion coaching with pupils is that adults feel more “in control” and less controlling in their interactions with children, and staff feel calmer and more confident in their ability to support children’s emotional needs in schools.
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