Teenagers brains are still emotionally vulnerable. They experience emotions & impulses much more intensely due to massive psychological & physiological growth. 👇👇🧠🌱

All too often,we diagnose a young person when we actually should be diagnosing their environment. We need to look at their history of adversity,history of relational health. We put them in a system that they cannot adapt to then we punish them without diagnosing the system🧠🌱

Talking to an amygdala never works. Basic neuroscience. 🧠🌱

Co-regulation is not about doing something to a pupil. At its root, it's about positive relationships & how one nervous system responds to another.Pupils who did not receive co-regulation develop self-regulation skills to react or suppress uncomfortable feelings & emotions.🧠🌱

Children understanding their window of tolerance is important in doing trauma work or just working with children in schools.This teaches children how to manage their emotions under stress by giving them a toolkit of inner resources to self-soothe & keep within their window. 🧠🌱

If a brain is stressed, worried, or afraid, it can't learn.We need to help more children to be successful. 🧠🌱