038 - Seeing Your Child Behind the Behavior - With Tonya Wollum

Welcome to "Parenting the Intensity!"

In our everyday parenting life, it's easy to focus only on our children's behaviors and overlook the child behind those behaviors. But, understanding the child who's hiding under the challenging behaviors is what will make it possible to actually help them be more manageable.

In this podcast episode, Anouk and Tonya Wollum discuss the importance of seeing beyond the behavior and provide valuable insights and strategies for supporting children with special needs. They also introduce the concept of mentorship for both parents and children.

Additionally, Tonya shares an exciting project she's working on called the Story Boxes, which offers a unique and engaging way to enhance literacy skills in children.

Let's dive deeper into these topics and discover new approaches to parenting.

Key Takeaways:

- Importance of seeing the child behind their behavior

- Delays in executive functioning skills as a cause of intense behaviors

- Value of finding mentors for parents and children

- Introduction of story boxes as a multi-sensory reading experience

"We can only take so many tantrums in a day before we're exhausted."

Connect with Tonya:

Website: https://waterprairie.com where you can fina link to her podcast mentionned.

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/water.prairie  

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/waterprairie  

Twitter https://twitter.com/WaterPrairie  

Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@waterprairie   

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/waterprairie  

Linkeding https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyawollum/

Resources mentioned:

Carrie Bonnett episode on Executive Functions on the podcast: https://www.justcast.com/shows/parenting-the-intensity/audioposts/1538889

Episodes 71 of Tonya's podcast about Executive functioning: https://waterprairie.com/2023/08/04/executive-function/

My episode on Tony's podcast https://waterprairie.com/2023/10/16/emotionally-intense-kids/

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