When Big Feelings Get in the Way of Learning:
Calming the Brain to Unlock Executive Function

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Live Recording

This course was written by a real live human and is presented by them too.

Intermediate

Expands on basic knowledge with practical applications and more complex concepts.

57 Minutes

You will receive a certificate of learning upon completing this course.
Workshop Series
Sometimes the very systems in your child’s brain that are designed to protect them - to keep them safe, alert, and responsive - can unintentionally block the parts of the brain responsible for focus, flexibility, problem-solving, and connection. This training will help you understand how to access the learning and connecting part of your child’s brain by first calming the systems that are doing their job a little too loudly. 

100% of the sales profit of this item is donated to TLC Nonprofit’s Family Coaching program.

What will I learn?

Objectives

Participation

 Audience

   Executive Function as “Whole Brain Online”: Understanding that students can only think, plan, and regulate behavior when their lower-level needs like safety and physiological regulation are met.
   Behavior Is Communication: Recognizing that student behavior reflects underlying needs, stress, or disconnection rather than simply defiance or noncompliance.
   Adult Regulation Drives Student Outcomes: Acknowledging that adult tone, presence, and emotional regulation directly influence whether situations escalate or de-escalate.
   Connection Before Correction: Accepting that students must feel connected and regulated before they are able to learn, process feedback, or change behavior.
   Safe, Seen, Soothed, Secure: Creating environments where students feel safe, understood, supported, and secure in order to build long-term regulation and learning capacity.
This learning opportunity is relevant for:
       General Educators
   self-guided learning on-demand
   57 minutes of video learning
   3 question learning check
   certificate of completion

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Who am I learning from?

Jonathon Barberio, MA, LPC

Jon Barberio works with clients to explore their stories and the narratives others have written for them that they no longer wish to own while helping change unhealthy and untrue thoughts and beliefs that lead to negative experiences. He loves teaching families to be curious about the systems they are a part of and how they each affect each other because no one person is “the problem.” Outside of his professional work, he loves reading fiction, playing any competitive sport, playing board games, having thought-provoking conversations by a fire, and would own way too many project cars if he could. Jonathon is a Licensed Professional Counselor with his Bachelors in Psychology and Theology, Masters in Clinical Counseling, and has certifications in rational emotive behavioral therapy, cognitive process therapy, and behavioral therapy for those struggling with challenging experiences.

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