Recognising, understanding and managing emotions: autistic children and teenagers share
Suitable for 3-18 years
Key points
- Autistic children and teenagers might need support to recognise, understand and manage emotions.
- Strategies to help autistic children and teenagers recognise emotions include labels, emotion cards and ladder pictures.
- You can help autistic children and teenagers understand emotions by explaining how thoughts lead to feelings.
- Autistic children and teenagers often need help to learn how to manage and calm down from strong emotions.
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- Target audience:
- Parents or carers
- Service area:
- National
- Published:
- February 2024
- Last reviewed:
- March 2026
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