Managing Your Childrens' Moods and Behaviors
Parents! Learn why your kiddos behave the way they do.
Did you know your child's most problematic moods and behaviors are an incredibly wise way of communicating with you? In this course, Lisa Dion, licensed professional counselor and registered play therapist, will teach you how to use the insights of modern neuroscience to better understand and shape your children's moods and behaviors. This course includes video lectures, experiential exercises, and easy to implement parenting techniques.
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In this course, Lisa makes the growing field of neuroscience accessible and relevant to parents of all backgrounds. This course caters to both experienced and new parents, and will help parents manage toddler tantrums, teenagers getting in trouble, or just the everyday stresses of parenting. Parents will leave with this course with a powerful new perspective on parenting.
"Lisa offers a refreshing approach to understanding our children's moods and behaviors that transcends labels and judgment. Rather than presenting quick tricks to get your child to do something, Lisa's program offers a deeper solution: to foster self-awareness and skills as a parent to be able to respond to our kids in ways that develop their capacity for emotional intelligence, regulation and resilience. This program should be required for all parents as a foundation for not only raising healthy, connected and compassionate children, but also for shaping the next generation."
- Dan Panzarella, MA. LPC.,
"Lisa's parenting course is a must for every parent. I am a pediatric occupational therapist and parenting tools are a very important piece of the equation. Lisa's presentation is phenomenal with just the right balance of teaching, guidance and science. It is a great support tool to my practice. The modules are well put together allowing parents to go at their own pace. It provides a strong foundation for all parents in understanding the nature of behavior and how to better manage as a parent. Every parent needs to take this course."
- Janine Wiskind, MS, OTR/L
"In her Online Parenting Course, Lisa offers a cutting edge perspective on behavior by focusing on the brain and nervous system. She has an amazing ability to translate neuroscience into terms and concepts that are easy to understand and apply. Lisa invites parents into a process of reflection as they discover more about themselves, their child and their relationship. Parents are given permission to be themselves as they tune into their own internal wisdom, while also learning about the incredible wisdom within their child’s behavior. Lisa offers concrete strategies to better understand children’s moods and behavior, as well as ideas to support them during challenging moments. This parenting course creates the opportunity for a truly transformative experience in relating to your child."
-Kim Buller, Certified SPT Therapist
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Welcome to Understanding Childrens' Moods and Behaviors
Module 1 Review
Nervous System Handout to print/download
Lesson 2.1 Why is it so Hard to Understand a Child's Moods and Behaviors?
Lesson 2.2 What You Will Learn in This Course
Lesson 2.3 Tips for Success
Module 2 Review
Lesson 3.1 Reptilian Brain and Sensory Input
Reframe Exercise
Lesson 3.2 The Limbic Brain
Should Reflection Exercise
Lesson 3.3 The Hippocampus
Regulated Breathing Exercise
Lesson 3.4 Frontal Cortex Development
Children's Brains "Should" Exercise
Development Level Reference
Module 3 Review
Lesson 4.1 Perception and Activation of the Nervous System
Your Activation Exercise
Nervous System Handout to print/download
Lesson 4.2 Sympathetic Branch Responses
Hyperarousal Exercise
Lesson 4.3 Parasympathetic Branch Responses
Fight or Flight Journal
Nervous System Symptoms
Lesson 4.4 Self-Regulation and Mindfulness
Your Regulation Journal Exercise
Nervous System Handout to print/download
Module 4 Review
Lesson 5.1 All Behavior is an Attempt at Regulation
Childs Activation Journal Exercise
Regulation Activites
Lesson 5.2 Disorders and Moods Reframed
Lesson 5.3 Feedback Mechanisms of the Body
Childhood Regulation Exercise
Module 5 Review
Lesson 6.1 What Regulation is and What it Isn’t
Regulation Modeling Exercise
Lesson 6.2 Help Cultivate Regulation
Naming Regulation Exercise
Regulation Activites
Module 6 Review
Lesson 7.1 Projection Process
Set-up Journal Exercise
Lesson 7.2 It is all Information
Set-up Journal Exercise
Lesson 7.3 What do we do with the Information from The Setup
Set-up Journal Exercise
Congruency Exercise
Module 7 Review
Lesson 8.1 External Regulator
Parent's Job Journal Exercise
Compare regulations activities exercise
Lesson 8.2 Authenticity and "Shoulds"
Parents Shoulds Exercise
Lesson 8.3 Attunement and Co-regulation
Movement Exercise
Module 8 Review
Lesson 9.1 Boundaries
Empathy and Redirect Exercise
Lesson 9.2 The Regulatory Process
Lesson 9.3 Review and Planning Ahead
Planning Session Exercise
Lesson 9.4 Putting it All Togther
Module 9 Review
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Week 12
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