Season 4 Episode 3: 'Becoming a Behavior Detective: Emotional Co-Regulation' with Kim Hughes

Send us Fan Mail Kim Hughes, a Conscious Discipline certified instructor, joins us to discuss how parents, guardians and caretakers can become better "behavior detectives". Kim demonstrates how through treating tricky behavior as a form of communication, and using emotional co-regulation as a tool to get us back to square one, we can set the children in our care up for long-term success.   In this episode we discuss: Conscious Discipline as a practice The brain state model Moving from controlling to connecting (modeling) Naming feelings Seeing mistakes as future opportunities Arming children with alternative modes of expressing needs Attached are links Kim recommends for furthering our education on emotional literacy: The Brain State Model https://consciousdiscipline.com/methodology/brain-state-model/ Cliffs notes for the skills of conscious discipline https://consciousdiscipline.com/e-learning/webinars/parent-cliff-notes-for-the-skills-of-conscious-discipline/ 'Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline' (Dr. Becky Bailey, 2001) https://www.harpercollins.com/products/easy-to-love-difficult-to-discipline-becky-a-bailey?variant=32128336232482 Contact New Horizon Academy  Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Tik Tok Email us at [email protected] Check out our website to learn more! Thanks for listening!