#133: Flipping your lid! The concept that changed everything about the way I responded to students in the middle of a meltdown.

What’s actually happening when your student flips their lid?
And more importantly… what should you be doing when it happens?

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In this episode, I’m giving you a front seat to one of the most game-changing concepts I've learned about behaviour and brain science: flipping your lid. You’ll hear me break down Dr. Dan Siegel’s hand model of the brain in all its gloriously awkward podcast-visual-form, but also how this little model changed everything about the way I responded to students in the middle of a meltdown.

Spoiler: trying to reason with a flipped-lid teenager is like handing them a trig worksheet in the middle of a panic attack. Not helpful. Probably going to make things worse.

We’re talking about:

• What actually happens in the brain when students dysregulate
• Why calm-down demands and consequences don’t work in those moments
• How this one model can change the way you respond (and how students see themselves)
• How to teach this concept to your students, even if you’re not a science-y person

It’s simple, powerful, and honestly... kind of magic when it clicks. Let’s roll the tape.

What you’ll learn:

• Why traditional responses to dysregulation often escalate the situation
• What “flipping your lid” means, and why it explains so much about student behaviour
• How to teach students what’s happening in their own brains (without the shame)
• Ways to embed the hand model of the brain into your class culture
• What it looks like to lead with emotional safety first - not compliance

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