The Whole-Brain Child

TYPE OF INTEGRATION Integrating the Left and Right Brain WHOLE-BRAIN STRATEGY 1: Connect and redirect: When your c ...

routine or starting school. TYPE OF INTEGRATION Integrating the Upstairs and Downstairs WHOLE-BRAIN STRATEGY 3: Engage, ...

and found a toy that you really wanted, but you knew it belonged to someone else? Read together and ask y ...

“press play” over and over again—and know that when you do, you’re promoting healing and integration. TYP ...

scared) right now, she’ll probably be happy again in a few minutes. You can even “lead the witness” and ...

happy. TYPE OF INTEGRATION Integrating Self and Other WHOLE-BRAIN STRATEGY 11: Increase the family fun factor: Build ...

Early School Age (6–9) TYPE OF INTEGRATION Integrating the Left and Right Brain WHOLE-BRAIN STRATEGY 1: Connect and red ...

homemade book with drawings or photos to retell an upsetting story, or to prepare your child for someth ...

Play “What would you do?” games and present your child with dilemmas: If a bully was picking on someone ...

APPLICATIONS OF THE STRATEGY A child this age may shy away from retelling diɽcult stories or recalling painful ...

enduring traits. APPLICATIONS OF THE STRATEGY Help your child pay attention to the words he uses when ...

APPLICATIONS OF THE STRATEGY Children this age can understand and feel the beneɹts of getting calm and focusing ...

Explicitly teach a skill, then practice it. Explain about seeing other people’s perspectives, then pick ...

him. In doing so, he’ll use his left brain to make sense of his experience and feel more in control. ...

TYPE OF INTEGRATION Integrating the Upstairs and Downstairs WHOLE-BRAIN STRATEGY 4: Use it or lose it: Provide lots ...

TYPE OF INTEGRATION Integrating Memory WHOLE-BRAIN STRATEGY 6: Use the remote of the mind: After a painful event, the ...

remember and understand important events from the past, which will help her better understand what’s happen ...

TYPE OF INTEGRATION Integrating the Many Parts of Myself WHOLE-BRAIN STRATEGY 10: Exercise mindsight: Mindsight ...

Go camping. Cook together. Visit a theme park. Just ɹnd ways to appreciate being together, creating ...

For Maddi and Alex: Thank you both for all you’ve taught me over these years and for the privilege of bein ...