"This idea of kids need to comply with us because we're the adults and they're the child and they make a poor choice and there has to have a punishment.... quite frankly, those days are over."

"I had that mindset early on in my career. Looking back on it, when we know better we do better. When I started learning more about the impact of trauma...that's when my life took more of a swing towards to the positive," said Dustin Springer, Principal of Gray Hawk Elementary, USD 458 Basehor-Linwood.

You can find more information about How We Teach This on our website, www.emporia.edu/HWTT plus watch videos of the presenters, access resources they mention, and find links to other websites related to the episode.

If you'd like to leave us a comment about this podcast episode, you can do that here.