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.
Stance of Curiosity
Re-Release: Who's Afraid of What? What to do when team interactions get dicey.
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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 one of the most popular ones from Season 2 and we will catch you next week.
First released in June 2025, Gillian shares her strategy of processing adult interactions that don’t go as expected, including at times conflict and defensiveness. Stepping back to consider how fear may be inspiring our responses and re-approaching the interactions with some perspective and curiosity can be very helpful. Joelle and Gillian share some of their key strategies that may help when stress and fear are taking over-
Who is afraid of what?
Slow down and back up
Share the worry
Get consultation from a trusted source
Visualize the situation as a contingency map - what is the goal and is there a different path?
https://autismclassroomresources.com/contingency-maps-for-behavior-proble/
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