ABOUT THE SHOW
Stories of people doing the
work
Hopeful by Nature travels the world to find the educators, parents, organizers, and community leaders who are connecting young people to the natural world in ways that build something real. Each episode is a conversation with someone who refused to wait for permission — and built something anyway.
Hosted by Scott Shepherd, founder of Wildward Institute.
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Episode 06 — Begin with Yourself - Why Every Kid Needs to climb
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with Emily Wishnick of the 100 Languages of Regulation
ABOUT THE EPISODE
Begin With Yourself - Why Every Kid Needs to Climb​
And what sensory processing taught me about teaching my own classroom
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And what sensory processing taught me about teaching my own classroom
I have ADHD. I didn't get real language for what that meant until I became a teacher myself.
What changed things wasn't a diagnosis, mine or anyone else's. It was watching my own classroom. I started building in small accommodations for the handful of students with documented sensory processing needs — timers, visual reminders, nonverbal cues, regular time outside built into the day instead of treated as a reward.
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