Thank you! I am interested to know about the limit of words that a toddler can process. Many thanks to teach me so much in a sort time of your kindly lesson. Regards from a Spanish living in Germany (because love),,
We do not specifically address special needs conditions, but ours is a trauma-informed approach, and the tools have been used with children who have these types of needs. You may want to read Emilie Leeks' posts at Journeys in Parenting. She has written about her experience using the tools with her son's needs.
Your approach sounds a bit like the upset feelings or perhaps tantrum are somewhat self limiting. I am trained to halp a child to calm down after a limit is set. Calming means staying close and providing support for example rubbing the child's back, showing empathy, using feeling words. So I'm uncertain as to whethet you would disagree with this type of approach or if the two approaches build on one another.
Yes, you are right. We do not recommend "soothing" a child. Our 40 years of experience have shown us that there is great value in a child getting all the feelings up/out - like a nice emotional poop. We would not 'sooth' our child into not pooping or peeing or even puking. same. same. We see the emotional release as necessary and valuable as peeing and pooping. You might experiment with LISTENING rather than trying to get them to tamp down the feelings. See what happens on the other side. Let us know!
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Thank you! I am interested to know about the limit of words that a toddler can process. Many thanks to teach me so much in a sort time of your kindly lesson. Regards from a Spanish living in Germany (because love),,
In general - a human of any age - cannot process words when they are off-track, disconnected. That's why we BRING the limit with very few words.
Thanks! I have been setting limits but using to many words for my 18 month old. I'll try this method.
I love your advice and if I am able to follow it, it works so greatly! Thank you very much! ❤
You're so welcome!
Great video 😊 thank you
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In your book do you address limits with children with adhd or ASD?
We do not specifically address special needs conditions, but ours is a trauma-informed approach, and the tools have been used with children who have these types of needs. You may want to read Emilie Leeks' posts at Journeys in Parenting. She has written about her experience using the tools with her son's needs.
Your approach sounds a bit like the upset feelings or perhaps tantrum are somewhat self limiting. I am trained to halp a child to calm down after a limit is set. Calming means staying close and providing support for example rubbing the child's back, showing empathy, using feeling words. So I'm uncertain as to whethet you would disagree with this type of approach or if the two approaches build on one another.
Yes, you are right. We do not recommend "soothing" a child. Our 40 years of experience have shown us that there is great value in a child getting all the feelings up/out - like a nice emotional poop. We would not 'sooth' our child into not pooping or peeing or even puking. same. same. We see the emotional release as necessary and valuable as peeing and pooping. You might experiment with LISTENING rather than trying to get them to tamp down the feelings. See what happens on the other side. Let us know!