Coaching Youth for Life

Resources Mentioned:  Hanen's explanation of Reciprocal Imitation Training Teaching & Raising Problem Solver's Curriculum

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This episode dives in to talk a little bit about my current name change (Shout out to those of you listening from 'The Connected Caregiver' days!) as well as an overview of the C.O.A.S.T. method that I am talking a lot about. I also discuss co-regulation and a little bit about one of my most favorite topics: executive functioning. Tune in!  Co-regulation resources from UNC

My work is taking me along a beautiful road- I am shifting more towards doing the work I love of supporting inclusivity and awareness about neurodiversity in our classrooms (making sure I am careful of how I approach, teach, and learn as a fairly neurotypical professional). This episode is talking more about the importance of coregulation first- and why it takes two to regulate and two to communic...

My world was rocked about a year ago when I started diving into the world of connection and coregulation. I can’t tell you how thankful I am for embarking on this work. And how much it has facilitated change and sparked overwhelming excitement into my parent coaching, courses, and workshops. I feel like I am truly in alignment in talking about this work. This loop of connect-coregulate-recommend-...

The last part of the cycle- Recommendation-is where we actually apply the strategies for supporting our kids in their problem solving and regulation development. The key note is- if we don’t do the work before this- the Connection and the Coregulation- then our strategies often fall by the wayside. Kids listen when they feel listened to, and they will trust strategies when adults have shown that t...

Regulation is a hot topic word- one that may be hard to understand if you’re not in the education or therapy worlds. I thought that as we get into the sequence of CONNECTION-COREGULATION-RECOMMENDATION it is a good time to define REGULATION. If you look Regulation up in the dictionary- you get some interesting definitions- ‘the action or process of regulating or being regulated’ synonyms- adjustme...

As the work-life integration in COVID-19 starts to get easier  (I used those words carefully- because honestly there isn’t a balance right now but there is a careful ability to integrate the two since they are happening together AND it is getting easiER, slowly… ) I am noticing a really important correlation- if I don’t take time to connect meaningfully with myself and my needs first and ofte...

Welcome to the Connected Caregiver Podcast! I am so glad you're here.  My name is Danielle Kent and I am a mom, wife, and speech-language pathologist/multipassionate entrepenuer. This podcast is here to equip and empower caregivers to support their child’s communication and problem-solving skills. Along the way we will cycle between talking about my three main focus points: connection, regula...