Supportable Solutions

09/26/2025

Our next Book Club is here!!

If you’ve been looking for a space to connect, learn, and reflect with others who care deeply about neurodiversity-affirming practices, this is your invitation.

Check out the details & register here: supportablesolutions.com/book-clubs

09/19/2025

When students know what to expect, their brains feel safe. 🧠💙 Structure and predictability don’t just reduce behaviors — they help children feel regulated, secure, and ready to learn.

09/16/2025

The brain notices negatives more quickly and gives them more weight than positives. That’s why research supports a 5:1 ratio: five incidences of positive feedback for every one negative interaction.

This balance reduces the impact of the brain’s negativity bias and leads to better engagement, stronger behavior, improved academics, and greater confidence for students.

09/15/2025

Stress doesn’t look the same for every student.

What makes the difference? Supportive relationships, co-regulation, and safe opportunities to practice regulation.

08/29/2025

Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, is one of my all-time favorite authors—and her newest book, The Way of Play, co-written with Georgie Wisen-Vincent, LMFT, will be the focus of our upcoming book club!

This inspiring read shows how simple, playful moments can spark meaningful connections and help raise calm, confident kids.

Who this is for:

• Parents who want everyday strategies to bring more joy and calm into family life

• Early childhood professionals who believe connection is at the heart of teaching and caregiving

• Anyone who wants to better understand the power of play

Register here: supportablesolutions.com/book-clubs

08/25/2025

As classrooms fill again, let’s remember - supporting autistic students means moving towards neurodiversity-affirming practices.

When we create neuroinclusive environments, we give students the greatest gift - unconditional acceptance.

Wishing all educators and students a year of connection, growth, and belonging.

07/29/2025

Rolling out The Why Toolkit™ in an Illinois district this week!

We’re supporting educators in moving beyond surface-level behaviors and digging into what’s at the root—the deeper “whys” behind what we observe.

When teams start asking:

🌱 What might be driving this behavior beneath the surface?
…it opens the door to greater understanding, more effective supports, and stronger relationships.

If you’ve used The Why Toolkit™ or engaged in root cause work like this, I’d love to hear from you:

💬 What helped your team start uncovering the root causes and deeper whys behind student behavior?

Drop a tip, story, or takeaway in the comments—or message me.

06/30/2025

Consultation can change the trajectory for one child.
Coaching helps shift the daily practices that impact all kids.

“Supportable Solutions is a little bird on my shoulder reminding me of all the things I need to be thinking about and reflecting on.”

This reflection says it all: coaching that lingers, guides, and grows over time.

06/25/2025

“I’m taking a closer look at what I’ve always done and realizing that I need to make it match the kids in front of me.”

This reflection brought tears to my eyes.

Not because it was about a new strategy—but because it showed impact. Coaching helped create the space for this teacher to reflect deeply, to see their students more clearly, and to feel ready to do something different.

It’s these moments that remind me what coaching can do.

06/24/2025

We’re proud to share the impact of a recent coaching cycle with a school team.

✨ 135 fewer classroom office discipline referrals were recorded this spring compared to the same time last year.

This shift followed a staff-wide focus on:
🗣 student voice
📋 clear and visible expectations
🧠 neurodiversity-affirming practices
🧘 calming spaces
📚 explicitly teaching expectations, procedures, and routines

This kind of change is possible when educators are given the time, space, and support to reflect and refine their daily practices.

Coaching makes that possible.

06/23/2025

As part of a building-wide coaching cycle on classroom expectations, procedures, and routines, we worked with staff to reflect on how listening expectations can be made more supportive of neurodivergent learners.

By the end of the cycle, every educator reported making a shift—whether by adjusting the language they use, offering alternative ways to show listening, or rethinking what listening has to look like.

Analyzing growth and creating these data stories for schools is one of my favorite times of the year.

It’s about creating classrooms where more students can show up as their authentic selves—and where expectations reflect an understanding of neurodivergence.

05/15/2025

Great conference today - you are still able to register for access to the presentations.

Our final presentation of the day. This one from my friend and colleague Connie Persike is titled "The Dark Side of Rewards." Based on an article she authored on this topic. https://endseclusion.org/2023/05/06/the-dark-side-of-rewards-why-incentives-do-more-harm-than-good-in-the-classroom/