The Most Important Thing You Bring Into the Room Is Your State

The Most Important Thing You Bring Into the Room Is Your State

Here is something that does not get said enough in professional development for educators and early childhood professionals: the most powerful tool you have is not a strategy. It’s not a protocol. It isn’t even a relationship technique. It is your state...
Why Everything Feels So Hard Right Now (And What We Can Actually Do About It)

Why Everything Feels So Hard Right Now (And What We Can Actually Do About It)

If you have been working with children and youth lately, you already know something is different. The outbursts are bigger. The shutdowns are lasting longer. The kids who used to bounce back now seem to stay stuck. And the adults supporting them? Many are running on...
Reframing Discipline: Seeing Stress, Not Misbehaviour, in Young Children

Reframing Discipline: Seeing Stress, Not Misbehaviour, in Young Children

This blog is part of a final assignment on Reframing in our Self-Reg Learning Facilitator’s Program, by alumni Tara De Luca Community is part of the foundation of a Waldorf school. Regular class parent meetings help to connect the parents to each other, and...