
Understand challenging behaviors as survival responses in children using neuroscience-informed approaches, and apply practical de-escalation strategies, classroom regulation, and ready-to-use scripts for educators and parents.
Discover the root causes of challenging behaviors and the brain's role, and gain practical, compassionate strategies to de-escalate, build safe relationships, and implement three key goals for educators.
No child wants to be bad; explore why challenging behaviors arise, viewing them as cries for unmet needs and clues beneath the surface, including sleep, stress, and social skills.
Distinguish survival behavior from willful misbehavior; address triggers and stress by building connection and safety, rather than punishment, and view challenging behaviors as adaptations to survive.
Explain how dysregulation changes the brain, from brainstem fight, flight, or freeze and amygdala alarms to prefrontal cortex learning, and emphasize safe, calm, connected teacher support to rewire behavior.
Shift from punitive views to relational safety, recognizing that safe adult-child attachments shape learning. Regulate yourself, reframe behavior as stress responses, and repair through compassionate connection.
Co-regulate with children to engage the social brain through mirror neurons, modeling calm, synchronized sounds and movements, and breathing to build self-regulation, safety, and lasting rapport.
Build safe connections with students through eye contact, a smile, and a gentle hand on shoulder when appropriate, while using softer, slower voice to de-escalate for resistant or traumatized children.
Understand the child's brain development and past experiences, lead with an empathetic bond, and apply regulating, connecting, and disarming fear through calm, playful engagement.
Identify stress behaviors as dysregulation. Apply four steps: soothe, empathize, name it to tame it, and match the child's affect, then offer a calm down corner to regulate.
"Absolutely love this course! I am learning so much!" -Margaretha Elizabeth De Klerk
"Tracy's course fits well with positive behavior interventions and trauma-informed care practices. We teach so many children now who are disconnected from their caretakers and peers, who lack not only social skills, but also the skills needed to regulate their emotions. Highly recommend her practical applications for teachers to help children learn ways to change their lives for the better and to minimize disruptions in the classroom in a non-punitive approach. Well done!"--Becky Strassner
Are you a kid whisperer and can easily manage challenging behaviors? If not, then this is the course for you! Are you feeling frustrated with children's challenging behaviors and feeling like you are not giving effective behavior support to the children in your care? Perfect, you are in the right place!
As a teacher and parent, I sure felt frustrated, I felt like I was not helping the children who needed my help the most! But then, I learned what causes challenging behavior and the steps to take to help the children in my care. Finally, I felt less frustrated and created calm environments where kids felt safe and were more cooperative. And why is this so important? Because the children in your care are waiting for someone to come alongside them and help them!
In this self-paced course, we look at challenging behaviors through the lens of survival behavior, or a survival state.
The healthier relationships a child has, the less likely they will be in the survival state and more able to thrive. Relationships truly are the agents of change. This is why every parent/educator constantly hears, "Build a relationship first!" Safe relationships are imperative in moving the child from the survival state into the open-to-learn state. In this course, you will learn concrete steps to support children's need for relational safety as the groundwork for solving children's behavior challenges and moving children into the learning state.
You will also learn a step-by-step approach to de-escalating an escalated child while supporting their emotional regulation.
This easy-to-follow approach gives you the confidence to help a child whose behavior has escalated. At the same time, it builds trust with the child while being their "safe keeper."
As a bonus, I have detailed three goals every parent/educator needs to know when correcting challenging behaviors, and you will learn the most overlooked strategy when helping children learn to self-regulate. It is probably not what you think.
In addition, this course includes precisely what you have been missing: simple and practical tips to help children and whole classrooms regulate their behavior, all based on neuroscience.
Does it make sense for you to purchase this course?
Because you have a strong desire to enhance your confidence in managing children's challenging behaviors and the desire to promote safety and connection with the children under your care, this course is the exact support you need and aligns with your goals.
We only have a limited time with the children in our care, so don't miss out on this helpful information.
What do you have to lose? You have a 30-day money-back guarantee to put these techniques into action. Enroll NOW and start learning immediately; no waiting!
You will make a difference; I am so excited for you!
"To change the world, we have to create safe relationships." -Stephen Porges