Category: In Practice
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New book by Deb Dana on Reshaping Behaviors
Deb Dana’s latest book, Anchored, presents a simple, hopeful message: when you ground yourself with openness and curiosity, you can gain the understanding necessary to reshape your behaviors. Deb draws on her extensive work with Polyvagal Theory to create the framework within Anchored, building on the research of Stephen Porges. Dana illustrates the conditions needed…
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Quick Tips for Teachers: What to Do When Your Bright & Quirky Students Have Challenging Behaviors
At the 2021 Bright & Quirky Child Summit, Dr. Mona Delahooke sat down with Dr. Stephen Porges to discuss strategies for teachers when a child brings challenging behaviors to the classroom.
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What to Do with Your Child’s Meltdowns, Refusal or Other Challenging Behaviors
Dr. Mona Delahooke sat down with Dr. Stephen Porges to discuss strategies for parents dealing with challenging behavior from their children.
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Chronically Threatened: A Polyvagal Approach to ADHD
In this episode of ADHD is over, the host discusses how Polyvagal Theory relates to ADHD with Dr. Porges. This unpacks the Polyvagal approach to ADHD and demonstrates how there is nothing ‘wrong’ with children who have been diagnosed with these so-called mental disorders (ADHD, ODD, Anxiety, Depression etc.). What if all these children were…