Mona Delahooke, Ph.D.

07/24/2025

BBP is coming out in Audible in the UK soon! Thanks to Hachette Book Group

07/22/2025

Routine scans today, back at the hospital where my life hung in the balance for many days. Thanks for all the good wishes & love sent our way in August'23. Forever grateful to the doctors, nurses, volunteers & all the staff at , , who helped us
Gratitude abounds from me and my family 🙏🏼

06/09/2025

What looks like disrespect or non compliance may be a stressed nervous system underneath.

06/02/2025

According to the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, supportive relationships scaffold skills that build resilience in children.

05/27/2025

"Our main job as parents is mastering the art of improvisation, learning which way our child's emotions are shifting and reading the changes like an old jazz hand." Great article by Michael Alcee, PhD.

Why get caught up on behavior when you could be improvising? It's a playful new mindset for making parenting easier and more fun.

05/24/2025

The main shift moves away from focusing on simple compliance to understanding behaviors, have important meanings about children's bodies and minds.

05/16/2025

"Harvard conducted the longest-running wellness study in American history, spanning 75 years, surveying people over the course of their lives to understand the choices and circumstances that evoked regret or satisfaction in later years. Results revealed strong relationships are key to long-term happiness."

Decades of wellness studies have identified a formula for happiness, but you won’t figure it out alone.

05/12/2025

The way to the social engagement pathway is simply connecting with a child. Available to everyone: medical professionals, teachers, therapists, sitters, aides and if course, parents.

04/24/2025

Our education and juvenile-justice systems lack the most basic understanding of how to manage children’s behavioral challenges. We can change this reality.

The scene on the video is heartbreaking. An adorable six-year-old girl walks away from her elementary school—escorted not by her teacher or a parent, but by a sheriff’s deputy.“Am I going to jail?” the girl asks.“No,” the officer replies, “you’re not going to jail.”Seconds later, t...

04/22/2025

The layers of connection run so deep, setting up the brain's capabilities for life. Relationships fill 2 essential needs: safety and predictability.

04/20/2025

This is the time to gather together and learn more about how we can better support our neurodivergent (and all) children, and protect them from harm. Join me and many colleagues including Connie Lillas of the Neurorelational framework for this important online conference. Register now! 🙂

The Beyond Behaviorism conference will focus on understanding the controversy and exploring alternatives.

04/16/2025

https://endseclusion.org/beyond-behaviorism-conference/

The Beyond Behaviorism conference will focus on understanding the controversy and exploring alternatives.