When a person is under stress, especially chronic stress, they struggle to focus, can’t make smart or wise decisions, and have trouble remembering information they learn. In this episode, Lauren starts by walking through how the brain takes in and stores information. She uses that as the explanation for how the amygdala short circuits that process when under stress or trauma. 

All of this affects emotional regulation and learning. So, how do you handle children when they are suffering trauma or stress? Listen to today’s episode to find out. 

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How can we help students who are stagnant? They might have stress but don’t give us anything at all in terms of positive or negative behaviors.

Try-at-home tip: Drink less coffee and more water  

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub: 

Blog Post: 

• Emotion Regulation with the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• Children’s Emotions: How They Work and Behavior Strategies to Try
• Emotional Brain: The Barking Dog (Limbic System) 
• The Brain in the Palm of Your Hand: Dan Siegel Hand Model
• Reptilian Brain: Better Known as the Brainstem
• Thinking Brain: The Wise Owl

Podcast:

• Meet the Decision Maker of your Emotional Brain: The Amygdala
• Emotion Regulation using the Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach
• The Barking Dog: Our Emotional Brain
• Fight or Flight: Our Sympathetic Nervous System 
• Leave Unwanted Behaviors Behind! Teaching Emotional Regulation
• The Effects of Chronic Stress and Abuse

Our Online Courses: 

• From Conflict to Calm: How to Communicate with Challenging Children
• From Wild Emotions to Tamed Feelings: How to Self-Regulate
• Stress and Trauma and Behaviors, Oh my!: Stress & the Brain

Do you have a question? I can answer it in a future episode!

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• Check out our Facebook Group – Raising and Teaching Respectful Children 
• The Behavior Hub website
• The Behavior Hub blog

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