Susan Stiffelman
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353 appearances
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first heard Oct 2019
last heard Oct 2019
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So the captain energy is one that requires us to really be present and mindful for what's getting stirred up inside of us, so that when a child refuses to do something, we can step back and ask a different question.
Why does this behavior make sense?
Instead of why is he or she doing this to me?
Good morning, Debbie.
I'm so glad to be here with you.
Thanks for inviting me.
My pleasure.
So I started out as a teacher many, many, many years ago, over forty years ago, and I loved that work.
I loved working with kids.
I'm an unconventional learner and teacher, and it was a great fit for whether I was in a classroom or eventually doing educational therapy where I had kids coming to see me who just weren't learning in the traditional ways.
And so I was able to offer them
alternative ways of taking in information and
working with their parents to kind of make accommodations and and allow them to be who they were meant to be.
Because I do believe that every child is a genius and a miracle and a mystery and and it can just be so much fun to see who you get.
Often not what you expected, as you know.
Mm-hmm.
And eventually I was doing more and more work with kids who were actually
very bright, but were kind of bored in school.
So there was a whole range of of people and young people who came into my practice.
Eventually I saw that
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