What does it actually take to help a child heal? Not in theory — in real life, in real classrooms, in real homes.

Ginger Healy, LCSW has spent over 25 years answering that question. She began her career as a child abuse investigator and hospital social worker, spent 15 years supervising an international adoption agency, and today serves as Director of Programs at the Attachment & Trauma Network. She is a nationally recognized speaker, trainer, and author of several books, including Regulation and Co-Regulation and Managing Big Emotions.

But Ginger doesn't just study trauma — she lives alongside it. As a mother of four, her family's journey through adoption, developmental trauma, and autism has deepened her empathy and sharpened her understanding of what healing through connection really means.

In this episode, Joe and Ginger explore:

• What co-regulation is and why it changes everything
• What most educators still get wrong about behavior
• How healing-centered classrooms are built — on an ordinary Tuesday
• What her family has taught her that her career couldn't

If you work with kids, love a kid, or were once a kid who needed more than you got — this one is for you.

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