Out of the Ashes

03/19/2026

I promise, you don’t get that with me.

01/06/2026

I was part of this a few years ago. It was a great experience.

Groundwork Ohio is seeking professionals passionate about early childhood to join the 2026-2027 Early Childhood Fellowship cohort! Not sure if this fellowship is for you?

Previous graduates include professionals with backgrounds in
💡home-based and center-based child care.
💡home visitors.
💡child development specialists.
💡child welfare professionals.
💡early childhood mental health providers.
💡preschool educators.
💡maternal, infant, and early childhood health professionals.

✅ Learn more at one of our virtual information sessions on Jan. 13 or Mar. 3 and have your questions answered in our live Q&A: bit.ly/GOFellowshipInfo

10/12/2025

09/13/2025

How do young children self-regulate? They don't! Adults are children's regulators and co-regulators. How we respond to children's upset will inhibit or enhance their self-regulatory skills.

Unless we actively intervene to calm ourselves, a child's upset tends to trigger our own CD-ROM (the Emotional State's pre-programmed false messages from childhood), and we are left repeating the same false messages to the next generation.

The Executive State of the brain represents the CEO of the brain, a magnificent integrated system within us that allows us to regulate our thoughts, emotions, and behavior and override the impulses of the lower centers of the brain. Instead of overreacting from our CD-ROM of the Emotional State, the Executive State allows us to pause and plan a wise response. This pause is where self-regulation occurs.

Continue learning more about the Conscious Discipline Brain State Model here: https://consciousdiscipline.com/methodology/brain-state-model/

08/20/2025

Stimming is a way that people with autism self regulate.

08/14/2025

In a world where you can be anything, be the crazy Disney teacher.