Defiance Secrets Webinar Handouts

DEFIANCE Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Keys to Child Defiance

The Process • The master key insight • Expectation • Engagement • Experience • Repetition

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Secret 1 4

It’s

NEVER too Late!

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Critical areas of the brain for love and attachment Hypothalamus (Oxytocin Response)

Hippocampus (Short-term Memory)

Orbitofrontal Cortex

(Social/Emotional Control Center)

Pituitary Gland Amygdala

(Fight, Flight, or Freeze)

Neural Circuitry Adrenal Glands

Brain Stem (Lower Limbic/Reptilian)

Spinal Cord

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Secret 2 7

Critical areas of the brain for love and attachment Hypothalamus (Oxytocin Response)

Hippocampus (Short-term Memory)

Orbitofrontal Cortex

(Social/Emotional Control Center)

Pituitary Gland Amygdala

(Fight, Flight, or Freeze)

Neural Circuitry Adrenal Glands

Brain Stem (Lower Limbic/Reptilian)

Spinal Cord

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Secret 3 9

A Defiant Child is a SCARED Child

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Why your child is defiant… Hypothalamus (Oxytocin Response)

Hippocampus (Short-term Memory)

Orbitofrontal Cortex

(Social/Emotional Control Center)

Pituitary Gland Amygdala

(Fight, Flight, or Freeze)

Neural Circuitry Adrenal Glands

Brain Stem (Lower Limbic/Reptilian)

Spinal Cord

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The Stress Model

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Regulation vs Dysregulation

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Secret 4 14

Healing lies in the defiant behavior itself

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3 Pathways of Emotional Expression

Attitudes Feelings Behaviors

Trauma Triangle

Anger

Depression ©2009 B. Bryan Post

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Secret 5

Practice Makes Perfect

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The A-Z Principle

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Secret 6 20

The Power of Apologizing

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Secret 7 22

Responsibility over Reactivity

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There are 2 Ways to Change the Brain

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