Literacy Lunch Break
Join us at the Literacy Lunch Break, a Heggerty podcast, where we serve up bite-sized, thought-provoking episodes on literacy, tailor-made for your lunch break, leaving you informed and inspired. We bring you authentic conversations with teachers, experts, and thought leaders in the field of literacy, ensuring real insights and practical strategies that can truly make a difference in your classroom.
Literacy Lunch Break
Series 8: Ep. 3- What’s Behind the Behavior? Understanding Dysregulation in the Classroom with Kai-leé Berke
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In this episode, we sit down with Kai-leé Berke to unpack what dysregulation can look like in the classroom and what educators can do in the moment. While understanding the “why” can be helpful over time, this conversation emphasizes that the first step is always to de-escalate and support students in returning to a regulated state.
Kai-leé walks through practical strategies, including staying regulated as the adult, ensuring safety, using reflective listening, and helping students build awareness and replacement behaviors. Together, these approaches highlight the power of relationships and show how connection, not correction, creates the conditions for meaningful learning.
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