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Navigating Transitions

Kayla Tychsen

Description

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.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome

00:16 Meet Kayla: A Journey in Education and Parenting

01:23 Understanding Transitions in Children’s Lives

03:41 Frameworks for Supporting Children

06:14 The Window of Tolerance Explained

07:55 Navigating Hyper and Hypo Arousal

11:45 Co-Regulation and Emotional Safety

13:37 Practical Tips for Widening the Window of Tolerance

16:13 Connecting with Your Child’s Nervous System

Featuring

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Kayla is a Certified Parenting Coach and Educator, and a Montessori enthusiast. Kayla co-founded two elementary schools in the Middle East that serve refugee populations. She has training in Trauma-Informed Classrooms and Resilience in Children and has certifications in Social Emotional Learning and Motivational Interviewing. She holds a 0-3 certificate from AMI and works with The Montessori Society for Education and Development (Montessori for Lebanon). Kayla is currently completing a certification in Interpersonal Neurobiology under Doctor Dan Siegel. Kayla is passionate about helping parents have more confidence, connection and joy in parenting through her one-on-one and group coaching programs, workshops, and online resources.

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Lucie Brixi Tamášová is first and foremost a mother of three children (and two wonderful bonus children). For more than 17 years, she has been searching for kind, practical, and research-based answers to the everyday challenges of parenting and helping make them accessible to families around the world.

She is the founder of international projects including Childhood Potential Club, Montessori Parenting, and the Childhood Potential Conference, through which she connects parents, educators, and leading child development experts from across the globe. Through her work, she promotes a respectful and conscious approach to children while helping parents navigate everyday life with greater calm, understanding, and confidence.

Alongside her international work, Lucie also leads educational projects in Kenya and Guinea through the NGO Centrum Dialog, helping provide access to quality education for children with limited opportunities. She deeply believes that conscious support of children has the power to positively shape the future of society as a whole.

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