When Heather saw Kelsie Olds' post on her Occuplaytional Therapist Facebook page that opened with, "I think we would actually all be fine if we would drop the word 'consequences' from our vocabularies entirely," she KNEW this would be a great podcast conversation. And it was! Find Kelsie on FB at The Occuplaytional Therapist or visit her website at www.occuplaytional.com

Family therapist and child development expert Dr. Erika Bocknek joins Heather Bernt-Santy for a "convo" about relationships and belongingness in early childhood.Find Dr Erika's website here: www.myconvo.orgOr find her on Instagram: drerikaconvo

Strategies and responses for working with young children who have experienced or are experiencing trauma are vital for early care and education practitioners to understand--why would we need to be warned about our use of ACE scores? Instructional coach and PhD candidate Alex Winninghoff joins Heather Bernt-Santy and Lizz Nolasco to discuss her article, "Trauma By Numbers: Warnings Against the Use of ACE Scores in Trauma Informed Schools." Read the article here: https://educate.bankstreet.edu/occasional-paper-series/vol2020/iss43/4/

In his foreword to the book Rethinking Readiness in Early Childhood Education: Implications for Policy and Practice (edited by Jeanne Marie Iorio and Will Parnell), William Ayers writes, "Every child comes to school a question mark and an exclamation point...every teacher must decide whether...to keep questions and passions alive...or to hammer the children into shape so that they leave her classroom, no longer as vital question marks or exclamation points, but as dull periods." Host Heather Bernt-Santy and cohost Richard Cohen (Zen and the Art of Early Childhood) unpack this powerful idea.

Carol Garboden Murray and Bethany Corrie join host Heather Bernt-Santy for part 1 of our discussion of Alison Clark's book Slow Knowledge and the Unhurried Child: Time for Slow Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education.Thank you for listening! If you loved it, you can Buy Me a Coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/heatherf

Host Heather Bernt-Santy talks with Suzanne Axelsson, author of The Original Learning Approach: Weaving Together Playing, Learning and Teaching in Early Childhood

Author and executive director of Leading for Children Judy Jablon joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to discuss her new book "11 Simple Rules to Create Thriving Communities for Children." Spoiler alert: Heather loves it. For a limited time, you can order the book at 10% off using this code: MAY2023 at www.leadingforchildren.org.

Susan Engel, author of several books, including The Intellectual Lives of Children, joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to talk about her research into how young children think and share her thoughts about how the adults in those children's lives can support and honor their intellectual lives.

Denisha Jones of Defending the Early Years (DEY) joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to talk about the kinds of early learning experiences children deserve, issues of equity in our work, and why it matters that we get it right.

Starting with a story of ABA in early childhood, inclusion experts Mike Huber and Ana McRae join host Heather Bernt-Santy to discuss behaviorism, compliance, co-regulation and authentically supporting children.