TPP 341: Dr. Lori Desautels on Shifting Educational Systems Towards Post Traumatic Growth
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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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What inspired Dr. Lori Desautels to write *Intentional Neuroplasticity*?
When we create a nest, a culture that is rich in nutrients that can feed our children and our adolescents in our classrooms. Then we're tending to the nest and not trying to fix kids. This is something that is just so important to me as we think about equity, when we think about the neurodivergency populations in our schools, when we think about how we can be the relational field. That's amazing. I can be that relational field for my students. And so am I needing them in their nervous system? That's discipline on the front end. It's the minute they walk in, what does that nest feel like to them?
Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising differently wired kids. I'm your host, Debbie Rieber. I'm so excited to share this episode with you because Dr. Lori DeSottles is back on the show to talk about her new book, Intentional Neuroplasticity, Our Educational Journey Towards Post Traumatic Growth, which stems from her. Passion of applying the social and relational neurosciences to education and integrating her applied research into classroom procedures and transitions, prepping the nervous system for learning and felt safety. An assistant professor at Butler University, K through 12 educator and researcher, Lori joined me on the podcast last year to talk about her book, Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline and
I gotta say that conversation has really stayed with me and I loved having this opportunity to go deep with her about intentional neuroplasticity. So in this episode, we discussed some of the research about neuroplasticity, not only in kids, but in adults, and how we can use it and what we know about the nervous system to help us co-regulate at home and at school and truly meet our children where they are. Everything we discussed in this episode connects beautifully with the discussion we had last time Lori was on the show. So again, if you haven't listened to that episode, I highly recommend you go back. This today is a lovely conversation. I can't wait for you to hear it. Before I get to that, if what I'm doing here at Tilt Parenting and the guests I bring on the show are providing support and encouragement and hope for your family.
And you're ready to dive deeper with me and up level your parenting progress, please join us in the Differently Wired Club. The club is my most favorite thing I do here at Tilt, and it's really just an incredible community of parents raising complex kids like ours. We get together regularly for virtual Virtual office hour calls, coaching calls, and live calls with expert guests and authors. And we also dive deep into a different theme every month, like noticing and observing, scaffolding, advocacy, co-regulation. So if you are feeling alone or overwhelmed in your parenting life, please join us. We are in this together. Go to tiltparenting.com/slash club to learn more. Thanks so much. And now here is my conversation with Doctor Lori DeSottles.
Hey Lori, welcome back to the podcast.
Thank you so much for having me. I'm excited to be back.
I'm excited about your new book. So you were on the show about a year and a half ago. We talked about your book, Connections Over Compliance, which as I was saying before we hit record, I s I think about a lot still. I think about the power of the work that you're doing, the paradigm shifting mission that you are on. And so when I learned about your new book. I was like, okay, we need to have another conversation. I don't want to spend a lot of time reintroducing you listeners. Go back and listen to that last podcast if you want to get caught up on that conversation. But your new book is called Intentional Neuroplasticity: Moving Our Nervous Systems and Educational System Toward Post-Traumatic Growth.
So I would love if you could just start by telling us about the pull, the calling to get this book out. out into the world and what your big vision for it was.
Well, following connections over compliance.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What inspired Dr. Lori Desautels to write *Intentional Neuroplasticity*?
0:00–6:08
2
How does the concept of a “nest” support nervous‑system safety in classrooms?
6:08–13:19
3
What does the research say about neuroplasticity in adults and its role in co‑regulation?
13:19–20:26
4
How can teachers apply the four pillars of intentional neuroplasticity to daily routines?
20:26–27:19
5
Why is shifting from discipline‑focused to awareness‑focused practices considered a radical change?
27:19–34:00
Speakers
1 identifiedMore from Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children
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