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💜💙🩷 Regulation is a process that should be taught for sure!

This might be one of the most important things we are not talking about enough as a society.

We pour billions into the criminal justice system, into addiction treatment, into mental health crisis intervention… and yet we still don’t prioritize teaching children how to understand and regulate their emotions. We treat the consequences but not the root.

Here’s what the research tells us:
❤️ Children who develop emotional regulation skills are less likely to turn to substances to cope with pain they don’t know how to process.
❤️ They are less likely to respond to conflict with aggression.
❤️ They are more likely to build healthy relationships, make thoughtful decisions under pressure, and navigate the inevitable hard moments of life without falling apart or hurting others.

Because when a child learns to sit with discomfort, to name what they’re feeling, to calm their nervous system instead of acting from it, they are building the most important life skill there is.

✨ Emotional regulation isn’t a soft skill; it’s a survival skill.

And it starts at home, in the small everyday moments. When you help your child name their feelings instead of dismissing them, when you stay calm during their storm instead of escalating and when you model what it looks like to take a breath, feel something hard, and choose your response instead of just reacting.

✨ You are not just raising a child; you are shaping the kind of human they will be in every room they walk into for the rest of their life. ✨

And that is not a small thing; that is everything! 💜

CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) vs. DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) is critical when deciding what a teenager, young adult, or adults need. Level 1 are triggers that we don't even realize exist! They send us into a whirlwind of psychosis that would have been stopped had we known how to regulate ourselves.

Anger. What triggers your anger ?

These are great “catch phrases” when saying good bye that help autistic students start talking. 🐊🦋🐝

Comment 'LATER' for the link to another F-R-E-E-B-I-E.

Fabulous point about data driven instruction - this is particularly important when it alludes to gaps and inconsistencies. Constant diagnostics out of context, show how the student is generalizing content from one situation to the next. Working memory is a struggle for students with special needs.

Are your diagnostic assessments driving instruction — or just checking a box?

At Madison School District 321 in Idaho, data shapes daily teaching decisions. Instead of asking “Who qualifies?” educators ask, “What does this student need next?”

That shift led to stronger skill retention and more precise intervention.

Read the full story: https://95pg.info/4d5q1IF

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Disability language etiquette matters. There is a reason that handicapped has been removed from verbiage due to the nature of it's intent in Texas.

https://www.nea.org/words-matter-disability-language-etiquette?fbclid=IwY2xjawR4zitleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeWa1jyC1GVfXh_k4sWqRJLVCyhCzaV-DuZYHr-_2Cdadzt4WLZiJxTHXbXy8_aem_T7_XzpOR5cFtrzYv7zfuxg

The word support is being overused these days. Success is failure turned inside out. Kids gain confidence when they do something over and over and are successful at it. Guidance with a child is difficult because they’re not ready to accept failure, but it’s up to us to show them resilience.

WHEN YOUR CHILD GIVES UP TOO FAST 💔➡️🌱

Sometimes children don’t quit because they’re lazy.
They quit because failing feels painful, embarrassing, or unsafe.

When kids hear too much correction, pressure, or comparison…
trying starts to feel risky.

But confidence doesn’t grow from perfection.
It grows from patience, emotional safety, and small successful attempts.

Encouraged children are more likely to:
• keep trying
• recover from mistakes
• believe in themselves
• build real resilience

A calm, supportive voice can become the inner voice they carry for life. 🤍

What an amazing thought! 🤔

Couldn't agree more🙌🙌