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Calm the brain first, and everything else follows.
Why does your child lose it over something that seems so small? Why don’t rewards, consequences, or charts seem to work? Why can a simple request turn into yelling, refusal, or a full-blown meltdown?
When nothing seems to stick, you may be starting in the wrong place.
The Dysregulated Kid introduces Regulation First®, Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge’s science-backed approach to helping dysregulated kids by starting with the nervous system. Behavior is a signal, and when a child is overwhelmed, regulation needs to come before correction.
Drawing on more than 30 years of experience as a licensed therapist and certified school psychologist, Dr. Roseann gives parents a practical playbook to:
• Understand what’s really driving their child’s behavior
• Stay regulated when their child isn’t
• Co-regulate through meltdowns and emotional overload
• Break cycles of yelling, bribing, and punishing
• Build greater emotional regulation, connection, and resilience
Parents will also learn The Love Pause®, a simple way to regulate themselves before responding, and the CALMS Dysregulation Protocol®, a five-step framework for knowing what to do next.
This isn’t about perfect parenting. It’s about understanding what your child’s nervous system needs and having practical tools for the moments that feel hardest.
Regulation First®. Because when we start with the nervous system, we change what happens next.
Why does your child lose it over something that seems so small? Why don’t rewards, consequences, or charts seem to work? Why can a simple request turn into yelling, refusal, or a full-blown meltdown?
When nothing seems to stick, you may be starting in the wrong place.
The Dysregulated Kid introduces Regulation First®, Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge’s science-backed approach to helping dysregulated kids by starting with the nervous system. Behavior is a signal, and when a child is overwhelmed, regulation needs to come before correction.
Drawing on more than 30 years of experience as a licensed therapist and certified school psychologist, Dr. Roseann gives parents a practical playbook to:
• Understand what’s really driving their child’s behavior
• Stay regulated when their child isn’t
• Co-regulate through meltdowns and emotional overload
• Break cycles of yelling, bribing, and punishing
• Build greater emotional regulation, connection, and resilience
Parents will also learn The Love Pause®, a simple way to regulate themselves before responding, and the CALMS Dysregulation Protocol®, a five-step framework for knowing what to do next.
This isn’t about perfect parenting. It’s about understanding what your child’s nervous system needs and having practical tools for the moments that feel hardest.
Regulation First®. Because when we start with the nervous system, we change what happens next.
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