EP 280: Either You Co-Regulate or You De-Escalate: An Interview with Chrissy D’Agostino

EP 280: Either You Co-Regulate or You De-Escalate: An Interview with Chrissy D’Agostino

August 25, 2026 · 59 min · Episode 280

About this episode

The episode discusses strategies for co-regulating with dysregulated children when the adult is also feeling dysregulated.

You've probably heard "a dysregulated adult can't co-regulate a child" a hundred times. But if you've ever been stuck in a store with a screaming kid — or a classroom with 17 screaming kids — and zero bandwidth left, you know how useless that advice can feel in the moment. This episode is a conversation with Chrissy D'Agostino, co-author of the new Early Years Guidebook from the Regulated Classroom, about what to do when you're with a dysregulated child, and you're dysregulated too. You’ll he...

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Host: Robyn Gobbel

Guest: Chrissy D’Agostino

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Organizations: Regulated Classroom

Books & works: Early Years Guidebook

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