Page 43 - Course Handbook 2023

Unit 13: Responding in the Moment
Calm, Connect, Support
How to help children get back on track quickly

WHAT WE KNOW / UNDERSTAND PICTURE PROMPTS

1. The way I respond will change the biology of the child: I can

increase the child’s stress and risk escalating things further OR I can
work to reduce the stressors and get the child back on track.

2. I am more likely to get the child back on track by helping them to
feel I am on their side and understand what is going on for them. I

can ‘Connect to Calm’.

3. The way I respond will make a difference to how emotionally
secure the child feels with me. I can respond in a way that
strengthens our relationship or in a way that fractures it. I know the

stronger our relationship, the more likely the child will want to

work with me to feel better and do better.
4. I can respond in a way that helps meet the child’s 5C Needs in that

moment - so they feel more connected, more capable, more in
control. Or I can respond in a way that makes them feel worse.

5. I can respond in a way that helps meet the child’s 5C needs over
time - helping to weigh their Balance of Life towards resilience and

recolor the lenses with which they see the world to yellow.