Building an educational bond and emotional co-regulation with students who have difficulties in self-regulating their behavior (DAC)
Overview
This micro-credential equips teachers to analyze their practice and the educational context when working with students who have difficulties with self-regulation of behavior (SRB). The program allows them to interpret these behaviors from a psychoeducational perspective and apply appropriate educational responses using restorative approaches, fostering positive relationships, stronger educational connections, and well-being in the classroom.
- Interpreting educational situations involving students with difficulties in self-regulation of behavior (DAC) from an approach based on the secure educational bond, emotional regulation and understanding behavior as a form of communication.
- Design and implement tailored educational interventions using relational, communicative, and restorative tools that prevent escalations, promote school coexistence, and support protective and sustainable educational support pathways.
A university degree is not required to access this micro-credential. However, students wishing to access it must meet the following access requirements:
- Possess academic training or professional experience linked to the educational, socio-educational, social or community field, especially in contexts of work with children and adolescents and in contexts of direct intervention.
- Preference will be given to those who hold a Bachelor's or Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood and/or Primary Education) or a Master's in Teacher Training, as well as those who are currently teaching or plan to teach.
- Likewise, professionals with university degrees or higher-level vocational training related to educational or socio-educational intervention, such as Social Education, Social Work, Psychology, Occupational Therapy, or Technician qualifications, will be able to access the program.
Higher Education in Early Childhood Education, Teaching and Socio-Sports Animation, Socio-cultural and Tourist Animation, Social Integration, Communicative Mediation and Promotion of Gender Equality.
- In all cases, it will be necessary to demonstrate training interest and connection with direct or potential work with students, children or adolescents, consistent with the objectives of the micro-credential.
- Be between 25 and 64 years of age at the start date of training.
Academic program
Common introductory
- Starting point: “The essential” or, in other words, the people. THE WHO.
- School, social and regulatory context in which to address educational intervention with students with learning disabilities. THE WHERE.
- Psychoeducational framework for working with students with learning disabilities. THE HOW.
- Diagnosis of training needs. What do I need to be able to relate educationally to DAC students? THE STARTING POINT.
Understanding in order to intervene: the link as an operational criterion
- The secure educational bond
- Behavior as communication.
- Emotional co-regulation in the classroom.
- Emotional language and educational communication.
- Assertive communication with students and families.
- The teacher's body as a regulatory resource.
- Restorative intervention and educational support
- Differentiate to intervene better.
- Educational intervention during the emotional peak.
- The restorative approach after the episode.
- Restorative tools in the classroom.
Methodology and activities
The training activities to be carried out during the delivery of the micro-credential will be:
- Theoretical classes: expository and explanatory sessions aimed at introducing the conceptual frameworks, pedagogical models, relational, restorative and emotional regulation approaches necessary for understanding complex educational situations.
- Practical classes: sessions of practical application of the contents through the analysis of real cases, resolution of theoretical-practical hypotheses, design of intervention strategies and development of materials transferable to the classroom and to the relationship with families.
- Seminars, workshops, or other complementary activities: practical workshops, group dynamics
experiential learning, classroom simulations and interaction with families, role-playing, group analysis and
debriefing supervised by the teaching staff.
- Work: preparation of individual or group work consisting of the design of practical proposals (educational agreements, support plans, restorative protocols or intervention strategies for hostile behaviors).
- Independent work: personal work by students based on readings, audiovisual materials, individual reflection, preparation of face-to-face sessions (flipped classroom) and development of final products.
- Exhibitions, debates and defenses of works and projects: presentation and oral defense of the works and proposals prepared, with exchange of experiences and collective debate.
- Evaluation: continuous evaluation of the learning process through practical activities, assignments, and presentations.
Regarding the way to organize the teaching to achieve the objectives set out in the micro-credential, the following organizational methods will be followed:
- Lectures/expository method, of an introductory and contextual nature, aimed at providing the basic conceptual frameworks.
- Practical classes, supervised by the teaching staff, focused on the application of emotional regulation strategies, communication, restorative approach and educational support.
- Seminars, dedicated to case analysis, problem-solving and
Shared reflection. Individual work, oriented towards professional reflection, self-diagnosis and the design of
proposals applicable to the specific context.
- Group work, through collaborative dynamics, simulations and joint design of intervention strategies.
- Personal study, review of materials, preparation of activities and consolidation of
learning.
- Evaluation, continuous evaluation based on participation, the completion of activities, and the preparation and presentation of work.
- Exhibitions, debates and presentation of works and projects, to promote shared learning and knowledge transfer.
- Active methodologies, such as cooperative learning, project-based learning, flipped classroom, case studies, simulations, role-playing, and experiential and body dynamics, placing the students as the protagonists of the learning process.
The micro-credential will have an evaluation system based on the following assessment tests:
- Case studies, exercises and problems, in which students must apply in a reasoned way the knowledge and tools worked on for intervention in complex educational situations.
- Attendance, participation or attitude in teaching activities, valuing the active involvement of students in face-to-face sessions, workshops, simulations and debates.
- Oral presentation and defense of individual or group works and projects, with assessment of the clarity, coherence, applicability and justification of the proposals.
- Observation techniques, using records and checklists used by the teaching staff during practical activities and simulations.