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Today we're going to be talking about helping kids regulate in the classroom. And I feel like this is so important.

School has just started for us.

We started after Labor Day.

And God, what is it now?

Like two weeks we've been in school.

And I personally experienced very bad restraint collapse with my first

when he went to school. And so I did all this like research and reading up on it. So I felt like

this year we were super prepared with getting him ready for school and knowing what to expect after. And then also just

like feeling more confident in communicating with his teachers and like his needs and etc. So I think

this is all important. And I feel like as a parent, no one really prepares you for this. Like

you're just like, okay, send your kid to school. Bye. Like, you just send them off and hope for the best. And I, I don't think people realize how much

goes into prepping them for school and making sure they're having a really good day. And

they're able to regulate and co-regulate without the parents there and a lot of kids mask.

So anyways, we're talking about core-regulating and regulating today, what that looks like,

helping parents understand, then also helping parents find their voice and advocating for their

kids. So today I have Emily Daniels here with me today, who is the pro at this. And I'm going to

let you introduce yourself, Emily. Tell me what you do, how you got into this work and then how it has

grown. Yeah. Well, do you prefer Nina or Benina? Nina is good. Nina's good. Okay. Nina, thank you for inviting me to be here with you today.

I'm excited for that. And it's also fun for me because as a mom and as a former school counselor,

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