This is a jam packed episode filled with amazing content. The first half is a group of parents who joined me to tell us how they deal with explosive language and behavior as well as ways we use self-care to decompress.

For the second-half of the episode, Roni Gross, special education teacher and Sibling Spotlight extraordinaire, shares with us:

• Her 3 BIG strategies to say “No” without actually saying the word, “No.”
  • Choices
  • “Grandma” Rule
  • Behavior Specific Praise
• Teaching your child to politely ask for five more minutes
• Why Do We Lose Control of our Emotions YOU TUBE VIDEO 
• Zones of Regulation and how this material teaches parents the art navigating Green, Yellow and Red emotions
  • YOU TUBE VIDEO
• Trauma based training
  • ACES questionnaire
  • YOU TUBE VIDEO Empathy vs. Sympathy
  • Suggested reading: The Deepest Well, by Burke-Harris
  • Suggested reading: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van der Kolk, MD
• Hot moment suggestion to redirect obsessive fixations

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