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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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Podcast episode on teaching executive functioning skills for children with ADHD and anxiety

28: How do you Teach Executive Functioning?

Learn how to teach executive functioning skills so your child can plan, follow through, and feel confident—without shame or constant reminders. Get proven strategies grounded in Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge’s Regulation First Parenting™ method.
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Strategies for handling family misunderstandings about a child's mental health diagnosis

31: How to Deal with Family Members Who Don't Understand Your Child's Diagnosis

Helping your child understand their diagnosis is already a challenging task to do as it is. So, let's not make it any harder for you, your children, or your family by tolerating the acts and opinions of family members who don't understand your child's diagnosis.
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Tips for talking to children about their ADHD, anxiety, or OCD diagnosis

30: How to Talk to Kids About Their Diagnosis

For parents, it's already hard enough to discover that their kid is diagnosed with a particular mental health disorder, and it's even harder for them to find the right time and manner to talk to their kids about their diagnosis.
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How neurofeedback improves executive functioning and attention in kids

29: How Neurofeedback Helps Executive Functioning and Attention

Struggling with follow-through, focus, or constant battles over simple tasks? This episode breaks down how neurofeedback for executive functioning helps kids think clearly, stay calm, and get things done. Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge shares her Regulation First Parenting expertise to guide you forward.
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Exploring advanced executive functioning skills for children’s mental health

27: What are Advanced Executive Functioning Skills?

Explore advanced executive functioning skills to understand why your bright child struggles with planning, time, and follow-through—and learn how to help, using Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge’s Regulation First Parenting™ strategy for dysregulated learners.
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Foundational executive functioning skills essential for ADHD and anxiety management

26: What are Foundational Executive Functioning Skills?

Discover the basic executive functioning skills your child needs to regulate, begin tasks, and follow through with less pushback. Get the essentials through Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge’s Regulation First Parenting™ approach to helping dysregulated learners thrive.
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Comparing executive functioning challenges versus ADHD symptoms in children

24: Executive Functioning versus ADHD

Struggling to understand executive functioning disorder vs adhd? In this episode, Dr. Roseann, an expert in children's dysregulation, breaks down the real differences so you can stop guessing and start getting your child the right brain-based support. Listen and share this episode now.
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Identifying normal behavior versus ADHD in children’s mental health

22: Is it Normal Behavior or ADHD?

Do you ever wonder if your child’s energy, distractibility, or forgetfulness is ADHD or just normal behavior? You’re not alone. As a psychologist and mom, I’ve guided thousands of parents through this same question. In this episode, I help you understand what’s typical—and when it’s time to dig deep
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Transforming a child’s angry behavior through natural mental health strategies

25: How I Changed My Child's Angry Behavior with Becky Wells

Contrary to many people’s beliefs, medication is not and should not be the first and only answer to your child’s mental health problem. There are other solutions available for you and your child. You just have to decide which one is appropriate for your child and works effectively.
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Understanding that challenging child behaviors are not intentional

21: Your Child Isn't Acting Like This on Purpose

If your inattentive ADHD children seem unmotivated, moody, or like they’re choosing not to listen, you’re not alone. Their behavior isn’t intentional—it’s a sign of a dysregulated brain. Today I’ll show you how to understand it and what actually helps.
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Defining executive functioning and its role in children’s mental health

23: What is Executive Functioning?

What is Executive Functioning? Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge, creator of Regulation First Parenting, finally make sense of why your child can’t get started, stay on track, or follow through—and learn how to support their brain today. Listen and share this podcast episode now.
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Using intermittent fasting to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms naturally

20: Fasting for Anxiety and Depression with Cynthia Thurlow: How Intermittent Fasting Calms the Brain

One of the most common questions parents ask is how intermittent fasting impacts anxiety. Fasting for anxiety is gaining attention because it affects brain health. It can help regulate stress hormones, stabilize blood sugar, and reduce inflammation.
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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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