Book onto Prerna Richards' Online Webinar and Q+A on The Voice of Early Childhood www.thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/the-brain-behaviour-and-learning-connecting-the-dots  For 10% off our conference tickets visit: www.thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/early-years-conference-2024/ Prerna Richards is an early childhood education consultant who helps educators and parents/carers to understand children's behaviour and support their development of new skills required to change challenging behaviour. Prerna shares with us some 'aha' moments through real life examples of children, educators and parents, and offers practical solutions to try. The main takeaway from this episode is that you can't use shame or punishment to change children's behaviour, to change behaviour you need to teach a skill. Essentially, replacing an unhealthy or challenging behaviour with a learnt skill...but how do we do this? Take a look below at all of the thought-provoking points addressed in this episode... Episode breakdown:  00:49 - The 3 brain states 02:50 - The 7 F's displayed through behaviour 06:50 - Empowering children in communicating their need for space 09:25 - Dealing with biting 13:35 - The more you correct, the less you connect... 14:50 - You have to DSD... 20:00 - You have to play detective! 21:24 - Supporting a frightened child 22:44 - Fear creates a frozen brain 25:00 - Children lie when they are scared 25:35 - Fawning/people pleasing as a fear response 28:05 - 'You are safe, I'm here to help you' 29:58 - Switching from the survival to the emotional brain 31:25 - Asking for the child's voice 32:15 - Struggling as a mother and a teacher 34:15 - The problem with gentle parenting 35:25 - The need to be seen, heard, loved 36:50 - The 9 minute magic for parents and educators 39:32 - The learning brain - an evolving space 40:40 - 'Download your calm, don't upload their stress' 41:12 - Asking the 3 vital questions to  42:18 - The power of 'SAIL' 42:45 - The power of 'yet' 43:40 - Reflecting on a more personal level 45:44 - Children are born capable and intelligent 46:15 - Equipping children with life skills 47:00 - Changing the world by starting with the early years 47:25- Language to articulate, to understand and to be aware Find out more on The Voice of Early Childhood website: www.thevoiceofearlychildhood.com If you liked this episode you might also like 'The brain that loves to play' with Dr Jacqueline Harding: https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/the-brain-that-loves-to-play/