Today we’re in Penelope’s classroom. She’s dealing with a disruptive student that she just can’t get a read on. We unpack how unconscious communication through students’ negative behavior can be a blessing in disguise and what to do with it.
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We discuss:
The Teacher’s Lounge: Why storytelling is a tool for navigating difficult emotions and preventing burnout
The Gift of Behavior: How negative student actions can be reinterpreted as gifts that signal deep-seated needs
Trauma vs. Understanding: Moving out of a reactive survival state into a space where you can apply psychological theory to classroom conflict
Reframing: Strategies to stop taking student outbursts personally and start seeing them as pleas for care
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Credits
Founder and Host: Betsy Burris
Producer: Jullian Androkae of PodVision
Music: Thom Burris/Jabbering Trout
