Emotion Coaching is an approach which supports children and young people to understand the different emotions they experience, why they occur and how to handle them.  It is based on the principle that all behaviour is communication and emphasises the importance of nurturing and emotionally supportive relationships.  They approach recognises that all emotions are natural, normal and valid.  It uses empathy in moments of heightened emotion to teach children and young people how to develop effective responses to the various emotions they experience.

The Educational Psychology Service offers training on Emotion Coaching that provides insight into how to use the approach universally in educational establishments and also provides opportunities for reflection on classroom based scenarios.  The training is delivered over three sessions with an opportunity for a follow up session to explore effective implementation of the approach and any further training requirements.