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Session 12 — Co-Regulation Scripts

4 questions from session 12, answered in your own words.

Session 12 of the series. The questions come from the session's own material — every answer below is a span of it, word for word, rather than somebody's summary.

The questions 4 questions

Answer in your own words, out loud or on paper. Nothing is scored, nothing is marked, and nothing is stored — this is for noticing what you have, not for anybody to grade.

  1. Is co-regulation a figure of speech for being nice to somebody, or is something measurable happening?

    What the material says

    Co-regulation is not metaphorical.

    Where this comes from — Why it works

  2. Which state do helpers get most wrong, and what is the instinct that makes it go wrong?

    What the material says

    Shutdown is the one people get most wrong. a demand for language from someone whose language systems have gone offline

    Where this comes from — State-specific scripts

  3. A teenager is dysregulated and you have something important to say. What is the order?

    What the material says

    Do not lecture during dysregulation. Presence first, conversation later

    Where this comes from — Teens — respect autonomy while holding the frame

  4. If the scripts and tools are not the most important thing in this session, what is?

    What the material says

    present enough, warm enough, and willing to repair

    Where this comes from — And the most important sentence in this chapter

The material itself

Co-Regulation Scripts — the handout

The full written session: what the tool is, why it works, when to use it, and what never to say.

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