Building second nature: Workbook for teaching impulse control to children

By Madeleine Matthews

How to save the dragon is a story designed to get you and you child familiar with the biological resources that enable us to survive and thrive as a kind moral, intellectually capable human beings. Based on insights for neuroscience, this story's aim is getting familiar and knowing how to use these internal resources. This can make all the difference for thriving in harmony during toddler years.First you meet our characters, the embodiment of two separate parts of a growing brain & then there's the story, which is a symbolic representation of a tantrum. Next, in the practice section, we've listed some prompts to empower you and your child to build an integrated brain, ready to learn.The practice sheets will help you:- identify survival type responses in your child (situations where Flappy takes over)- identify executive function specific behaviors (situations where Wrinkles is in charge and your child's brain is being integrated and gets stronger)-identify situations that trigger the amygdala (Flappy) and fight, flight, freeze responses (aka tantrums)-list down the specific ways your child best perceive signs of love- putting it all together, into the specific puzzle of the situation, so that you get enough muscle behind the most efficient way to calm the brain : name it to tame it.Let's get some Wrinkles for your kids brain and work your way out of the tantrum!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1722467878
• ISBN13: 9781722467876
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.1" x 8.3"