Laura Fish on Navigating Uncertainty with Children

Laura Fish is a marriage and family therapist and consultant in education. Her trainings help adults adopt science-based approaches to teaching and parenting. Laura has over 25 years of experience working with children and families, first as a preschool teacher and later as a mental health consultant partnering with schools and agencies to support children with special needs. She became certified in EMDR trauma therapy and has been a home visitor, early interventionist, therapist, and more. Laura now splits her time between her therapy practice and consulting in early childhood education. Her blend of classroom and clinical expertise makes her trainings relatable and thought-provoking. Laura creates content drawing from fields like neuroscience and child development to help participants implement equitable, inclusive practices grounded in science.

Discover how Laura Fish approaches navigating uncertainty with children. She reveals why our instinctive responses to children’s challenging moments often backfire – and shares a neuroscience-based framework that builds emotional resilience instead.

In this episode you’ll:

• Learn why children’s brains struggle with uncertainty and how this affects their behaviour
• Discover the “4 Ds” that adults unconsciously use which can actually intensify children’s distress
• Master the “4 As” framework: acknowledge, attune, adopt and ask – a neuroscience-based approach to supporting children
• Understand how to use co-regulation to help children develop emotional intelligence and resilience
• Explore practical coaching strategies that help embed these approaches into everyday practice

Watch Laura Fish share these evidence-based strategies that help children feel seen, soothed, safe and secure whilst building the emotional intelligence skills they need for life.

Episode Links:

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Website for consulting work: www.consulting.laurafishtherapy.com
Website for therapy work: www.laurafishtherapy.com
Article related to this topic: https://consulting.laurafishtherapy.com/navigating-uncertainty-with-children/

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Episode originally broadcast on 05/01/2024