🎓 Navigating and Managing Emotional Experience in College

Описание: 🎓 Navigating and Managing Emotional Experience in College

SEND Life Transition – Podcast Episode

College is more than timetables, coursework, and qualifications — it’s also an emotional experience. In this episode of SEND Life Transition, we explore how to navigate and manage emotions in college, particularly for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

Starting college often brings excitement, independence, and opportunity — but it can also come with anxiety, pressure, sensory overload, social challenges, and emotional uncertainty. For SEND students, these emotions can feel intensified, especially during the transition from school to a new environment with different expectations and routines.

This video creates space for honest conversation about emotions in college and offers calm, practical insight into how emotional experiences can be understood and supported — rather than ignored or dismissed.

🎧 What this video explores:

✔ The emotional impact of transitioning from school to college
✔ Anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm in new environments
✔ Understanding emotional responses as communication
✔ Managing emotions without suppression or self-criticism
✔ Emotional regulation strategies for neurodivergent learners
✔ Why emotional wellbeing is essential for learning and independence

Managing emotions in college is not about controlling how you feel — it’s about learning how to recognise, accept, and respond to emotions in ways that support wellbeing and confidence.

🎓 Who this video is for:

SEND students navigating college life

Autistic and neurodivergent young people

Students with ADHD managing emotional regulation

Parents and carers supporting college transitions

Teaching Assistants (TAs), tutors, SENCOs, and learning support staff

Anyone supporting emotional wellbeing in post-16 education

💡 Why emotional wellbeing matters in college

Emotions influence focus, confidence, motivation, and relationships. When emotional needs are unmet, students may struggle silently. When emotional wellbeing is supported, students are more likely to engage, develop independence, and feel safe in their learning environment.

This episode encourages a compassionate approach to emotions — one that recognises emotional experience as part of growth, not something to be fixed or hidden.

🎧 About SEND Life Transition

SEND Life Transition supports children and young people with SEND through education, college life, emotional wellbeing, and preparing for adulthood. We provide clear guidance, lived experience, and supportive conversations for SEND learners, families, and professionals.

If you’re navigating:

SEND college transitions

Emotional wellbeing and SEND mental health

Autism or ADHD support in education

EHCP support ages 16–25

Preparing for adulthood and independence

…this channel is here to support you.

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