Beyond Misbehavior: Understanding the Difference Between Dysregulation and Disobedience - Couverture souple

Littlejohn, Sandra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1967353190 ISBN 13 : 9781967353194

Editeur : Sandra Littlejohn, 2026

Synopsis

What if the behavior you're trying to stop is actually a distress signal?

Many parents have been taught to see every difficult behavior as defiance, manipulation, or disobedience. But for neurodivergent children, behavior is often rooted in overwhelm, sensory overload, anxiety, or nervous system dysregulation.

Beyond Misbehavior challenges outdated parenting assumptions and offers a compassionate, neuroscience-informed framework for understanding children differently.

Inside, you'll explore:

• The critical difference between dysregulation and disobedience
• Why traditional discipline strategies often escalate behavior
• How nervous systems respond to stress and perceived danger
• The impact of shame, masking, and emotional suppression
• Neuro-affirming ways to respond without abandoning boundaries
• How parents can shift from control to connection

Sandra Littlejohn combines professional counseling insight with lived parenting experience to help families move away from fear-based parenting and toward understanding, regulation, and emotional safety.

Because not every meltdown is rebellion.

Sometimes it's survival.

And when we learn the difference, we parent differently.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sandra Littlejohn
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1967353190
• ISBN 13: 9781967353194
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 78
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