After being redirected in class, a seventeen-year-old student slams a locker in the hallway and shouts profanity. Administration is considering suspension.
How will you support the teacher in moving from consequences to connections?
Prompts to support discussion
1. What is the skill gap?
Emotional inhibition?
Stress recovery?
Impulse control under public correction?
Self-monitoring?
Flexible response to feedback?
2. What brain systems are involved?
Acute limbic activation?
Threat response triggered by public correction?
Prefrontal cortex temporarily offline?
Heightened sensitivity to peer perception?
3. What does co-regulation look like here?
4. How would you address curricular content through executive function skills?