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302: Looking Beneath The Surface At Child Behaviour With Dr. Mona Delahooke

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The Role of Co Regulating Children

The first thing that comes to a child isn't what we say, it's how we are. The look on our face the tone of our voice, our body posture in mammals convey our autonomic state to children. We need to befriend our nervous system so that the child will befriend their nervous system. Co regulation is sharing our calm healthy nervous system with a child or with a parent if you're a therapist. It starts with making sure their their body is physiologically regulated and then allows them to engage with us.

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