Stance of Curiosity
Child Psychologists Joelle vanLent and Gillian Boudreau tackle topics related to schooling in our modern times including navigating impossible expectations and the power of curiosity in education, empowering educators to redefine success, overcoming fear and shame and their effects on school communities with open dialogue, and balancing high demands with compassion and understanding.
Podcasting since 2025 • 35 episodes
Stance of Curiosity
Latest Episodes
What is the spirit of inclusion and can we sometimes get in our own way of success?
Joelle and Gillian wade into the murky waters of creating a plan for inclusion for students that are not responding to our best and most creative efforts. Belonging, a sense of connection, and authentic engagement in experiences that are ...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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44:22
Collaborative and Proactive Solutions: Can it work for even our toughest challenges such as truancy?
Gillian and Joelle sit alongside parents and educators to consider how to support a student who is chronically refusing school. What happens when the student realizes we cannot force them to go? What happens when we’ve done everythi...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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46:55
Accommodation versus agenda in supporting PDA nervous systems and Beyond: A dynamic conversation on supporting our youth in moments of stress and overwhelm.
Is it possible that in our effort to mitigate overwhelm, we sometimes remove growth promoting opportunities and reduce healthy stress tolerance? Joelle and Gillian talk through their decades-long journey of understanding the experience of...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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43:18
Re-Release: Who's Afraid of What? What to do when team interactions get dicey.
Hello, listeners! So far in season four Joelle and Gillian have experienced some illness and even some getting stuck in the tropics and as such we don't have a new episode for you this week, but we hope you will enjoy the re-release of on...
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