We also know that students who are regularly in Wild Brain are more easily triggered and their Fight, Flight or Freeze response more regularly activated. Too often, a child’s explosive behaviours are mistakenly blamed on defiance, rather than comprehending the disproportionate reactions typical in a child.who mistakenly detects a threat in the physical or relational environment.
Many traditional school behaviour management responses – time out, detention, suspension, exclusion – don’t work well with these students, and only only exacerbate the problem. Power struggles can escalate and conflict cycles continue, inadvertently strengthening the neural pathways in the brain that reinforce to these students that this is the way to ‘behave’.
When we approach situations with empathy and compassion, we have the potential to rewire the brain and change lives for the better.
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