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Calming the Dysregulated Child

Why dysregulated children struggle with executive function and how to help them improve

353: Why Dysregulated Kids Can’t Use Their Executive Function (and What to Do About It)

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Techniques to calm your child without words using neurofeedback and natural therapies

351: How to Calm Your Child Without Saying a Word

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How rewards and consequences may harm children with behavioral and emotional challenges

349: Are Rewards and Consequences Hurting Your Child Instead of Helping?

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Stressed parent learning Regulation First Parenting™ techniques for managing child anxiety and behavior

344: Regulation First Parenting: The Secret Every Stressed Parent Needs to Hear

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Calm parenting techniques for managing oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in children effectively

305: How to Stay Calm When Your Child Pushes Your Buttons (Oppositional ODD Parenting Tips)

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Tips for back-to-school success for kids with ADHD and learning disabilities

113: Back to School Success for ADHD/LD Kids

Prepare for back to school success for ADHD by shifting from reactive to proactive parenting so your child can finally feel confident, calm, and capable this year. Learn brain-based steps that truly change behavior—grounded in my Regulation First Parenting™ approach.
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Reasons to choose expert care for children’s mental health and neurodevelopmental issues

114: Why Choose Expert Care?

When nothing seems to work, the issue may not be effort—it may be specialty care vs primary care. Learn how expert, brain-based care connects behavior and regulation, guided by Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge’s Regulation First Parenting™ approach.
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Understanding trauma’s effects on the brain and child mental health recovery

115: Trauma And the Brain

How does trauma affect a child’s brain and behavior? Learn what really happens inside the nervous system, why trauma responses can linger for years, and how to help your child regulate again with trauma-informed care.
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Debunking common autism myths to support awareness and acceptance

110: Autism Myths

Break free from the most damaging autism myths that keep parents stuck and kids from getting the help they deserve. Learn what autism really looks like, what actually drives behaviors, and how Regulation First Parenting™ supports your child’s brain and emotional development.
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Neurofeedback therapy helping children overcome symptoms and thrive mentally

From Struggling to Thriving: The Power of Neurofeedback Therapy for Kids | Dr. Roseann

In today’s episode, we’ll be joined by Alex who is the reason why I started doing neurofeedback. We’ll dive deep into the effects of neurofeedback as Alex shares his life changing journey with us as his life took an unexpected turn toward empowerment and healing through the power of neurofeedback.
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Strategies to support young adults struggling with failure to launch challenges

111: Failure to Launch Strategies

Recognize how strategies for failure to launch syndrome can help your stuck young adult move forward by calming the brain first. If you feel lost or afraid of what comes next, you’re not alone—keep reading to learn exactly where to start, guided by my Regulation First Parenting™ expertise.
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Using essential oils as natural therapies for children’s mental health support

107: Essential Oils for Mental Health

If you’re seeking natural solutions for relaxation and improved mental health and brain function, this episode is for you. Learn more about the use of essential oils and how they contribute to reducing stress, anxiety, and depression while promoting relaxation and emotional well-being.
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Ten tips to overcome negative thinking and improve parenting skills

109: 10 Tips to Overcome Negative Thinking And Be a Better Parent

In today’s episode, we’ll be focusing on how we could overcome negative thinking and be a better parent.
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Examining the link between social media use and children’s mental health issues

102: The Link Between Social Media and Mental Health

Not all screen times are bad. Understanding the balance between social media and mental health is the key. As parents, we have to stay involved in our kid’s online activities and monitor their screen time regularly to know the kinds of content they are viewing.
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How negativity impacts parenting and ways to foster positive family dynamics

108: Is Negativity Affecting Your Parenting?

Recognizing the impact of one's own upbringing and seeking support to address negative patterns and experiences can definitely pave the way for healthier and more positive parenting. That is why we will be discussing negativity in relation to parenting in today’s episode.
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Five effective ways to calm the limbic system for better emotional regulation

106: 5 Ways to Calm Your Limbic System

If you’re searching for how to calm the limbic system and help your child manage big emotions, this episode is your roadmap to creating calm from the inside out. Learn five simple ways to calm the limbic system so both you and your child can move from chaos to calm.
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Podcast episode on healing the brain by treating symptoms, not just ADHD or anxiety diagnoses

104: Treating the Symptoms NOT the Diagnosis: Healing the Brain

This is an episode parents shouldn’t miss as we are joined by an amazing guest, Tiffany, who will be sharing her whole journey both as a mom and a dad who trusted her guts and got ahead of the problem in healing the brain by treating the symptoms not the diagnosis.
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Dysregulated Kids Podcast: Emotional Dysregulation, ADHD, Anxiety, and Nervous System Solutions for Kids


Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge, creator of Regulation First Parenting™, is the host of the top 1% global parenting podcast Dysregulated Kids and author of The Dysregulated Kid. She helps parents understand emotional dysregulation in children and the connection to ADHD, anxiety, and child behavior problems—all through a nervous system lens.

If you feel like nothing is working and your child has constant meltdowns, big emotional reactions, or seems like a dysregulated child who just can’t control their behavior, this podcast will help you understand why. Dr. Roseann breaks down how behavior is connected to the stress response in children, so you can stop reacting to symptoms and start supporting real regulation.

With over 30 years of clinical experience and insights from more than 10,000 brain maps, she teaches how to support nervous system regulation in children, use co-regulation techniques, and build self-regulation skills for children in real-life, everyday moments.

Whether you’re parenting a dysregulated child, navigating anxiety, or wondering how to calm a dysregulated child without yelling, each episode gives you clear, science-backed strategies that help your child feel better—so behavior, focus, and connection can finally improve.

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