Understanding Behavior and Regulating It

2023-11-28

Behaviors are not the result of moral or personality flaws. They aren't signs of lack of willpower or bad character either. Behaviors are caused by neurochemical changes in the brain and can change based on your environment or experiences.Positive loving environments can change these patterns in a positive way to make space for our brain to focus on things like exploration, play, learning, and cooperation. In this episode Lauren walks us through the experiences, environment, thoughts, and events that can lead to different types of behaviors and the role that the nervous system plays in our...

Behaviors are not the result of moral or personality flaws. They aren't signs of lack of willpower or bad character either. Behaviors are caused by neurochemical changes in the brain and can change based on your environment or experiences.

Positive loving environments can change these patterns in a positive way to make space for our brain to focus on things like exploration, play, learning, and cooperation.

In this episode Lauren walks us through the experiences, environment, thoughts, and events that can lead to different types of behaviors and the role that the nervous system plays in our responses and reactions.

Lauren answers this week’s listener question during the episode: How do I tell a student has reached their max stress for the day?

Try-at-home tip: Sauna/cold plunge

Favorite quotes:

"Students must Maslow before they can Bloom."

"We're not logical! We're biological!"

"Hurt people, hurt people."
- Bessel Van Der Klok

References & Resources:

What Happened to You?
Interview with Oprah and Bruce Perry
Understanding the Window of Tolerance
Aaron Alexander's Website

Other related resources from The Behavior Hub:

Blog Post:

5 Reasons Behaviors Occur
Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)
Rest & Digest: Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS)
Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Kids

Podcast:

Book Study Series: What Happened to You?
How on Earth Do We Deal with Misbehavior?
Rest & Digest: Meet the Parasympathetic Nervous System
Fight or Flight: Our Sympathetic Nervous System

Our Online Courses:

Classroom Design with the Brain in Mind
From Conflict to Calm: How to communicate with kids so they listen the FIRST time!
4 Simple Steps to Problem Solving

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