#182 Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom with NYT Best Seller Alyssa Blask Campbell
About this episode
Tara Phillips interviews Alyssa Blask Campbell about emotional intelligence and supporting children with unique nervous systems.
What if defiance is really dysregulation? In this episode I sit down with Alyssa Blask Campbell — New York Times bestselling author of Tiny Humans, Big Emotions, founder of Seed & Sow, and co-creator of the Collaborative Emotion Processing method — to talk about emotional intelligence, unique nervous systems, and why the behavior we find hardest is so often a child asking for support. When we see challenging behavior, we're usually looking at a nervous system that needs support — not a child who needs fixing. Alyssa breaks down the five components of emotional intelligence — self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, motivation, and social skills — and why every one of us develops them differently. She shares a fresh way to understand empathy, a powerful reframe around the word "autistic" and our own implicit biases, and why so much of supporting a dysregulated child starts with regulating ourselves first. We also get into her flagship free tool, the regulation questionnaire built alongside OTs, and the sensory shift that's helping schools cut behavior support calls by 60 percent — not by adding more tools, but by matching the right tool to the child in front of you. We'll talk…
People in this episode
Host: Tara Phillips
Guest: Alyssa Blask Campbell
Topics covered
- emotional intelligence
- dysregulation
- supporting children
- self-regulation
- empathy
- behavior management
Keywords
- emotional intelligence
- dysregulation
- self-awareness
- self-regulation
- empathy
- behavior support
- Collaborative Emotion Processing
- sensory shift
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Seed & Sow, Collaborative Emotion Processing
Books & works: Tiny Humans, Big Emotions
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