EGALITARIAN RELATIONSHIP TOOL #1 The Trouble with Setting Limits
Part 1: Supporting Children Through Limits Imagine your 2 year-old is pushing a toy shopping cart around, and one of its wheels gets...
Shifting to a Neurodevelopmental Approach to Behaviors
Bruce Perry, MD, PhD, child development pioneer and the author of my two favorite books related to my profession (pictured below), spoke...
Executive Function Tools: Part 4 of a 4-Part Series on Anxiety in the Brain
This is the final of a four-part series on how to help children with anxiety by finding its source in the brain. The executive system,...
Teaching Values: Part 3 of A Neurorelational Look at Anxiety in 4 Parts
Part 3: Teaching with Values Rather than Approval Welcome to the third of a four part series that looks at ways anxiety originates in...
The Sensory System: Part 2 of A Neurorelational Look at Anxiety in 4 Parts
This is the second of a four part series that looks at ways anxiety might originate in each of our four brain systems [1]. Part 2:...
The Body: Part 1 of A Neurorelational Look at Anxiety in 4 Parts
This is the first of a four part series that looks at ways anxiety might originate in each of our four brain systems. What is said here...
The Combo Zone: Responding to the Stress Instead of the Behavior
I have been subbing here and there to stay current and realistic when training teachers on student behaviors. I teach how to respond to...
My Child Won't Sleep! Heal Trauma with Story
Trae's mother (a made up name) came to November's free Alta class with a problem: "I can't get him to go to sleep." As every parent...
Is it Bad Behavior or a Stress Response?
If you've heard me talk, you know my answer. Uncooperative behavior, whether rude, violent or withdrawn, can always be traced to some...
