Join us for an insightful session with Kayla, a certified parenting coach and Montessorian, as she addresses the challenges and strategies for managing transitions in children’s lives. With her expertise in trauma-informed classrooms and social-emotional learning, Kayla explores the concept of the ‘window of tolerance’ and how understanding our autonomic nervous system can aid in emotion regulation.
She offers practical advice on co-regulation, routine creation, and sensory support to help children navigate both physical and emotional transitions. Learn to foster resilience and safety in children by understanding the nuances of their unique responses to change.
In this video
A child who falls apart at every change, big or small, is the starting point for Kayla Tychsen's talk on transitions. It is for parents and teachers of young children, and looks at the window of tolerance, how much a child's nervous system can handle before they fight, flee or shut down. There's time for your own nervous system too, with a short guided exercise to replay a hard moment. The Q&A covers a new sibling, neurodivergent kids and a big change in the family.
Chapters
- 0:00 Kayla Tychsen on why transitions feel so big to kids
- 6:12 The window of tolerance: why kids fight, flee or shut down
- 11:48 How to widen your child's window of tolerance
- 15:58 How to calm your child: connection, naming feelings, limits
- 23:17 Calming your own nervous system with breathing and support
- 30:09 Looking past the behavior to the needs underneath
- 32:34 A guided exercise to replay a hard moment with compassion
- 44:11 Q&A: a new sibling and 15 minutes alone with the older child
- 47:04 Q&A: neurodivergent kids and helping a child through divorce
