“Your child is not trying to give you a hard time, your child is having a hard time.” Regulation comes before education, because a dysregulated brain cannot learn, no matter how cute the bulletin board is. If we stop reacting to behavior and start responding to needs, we won’t just change a child’s day. We will change their trajectory. … More Overstimulated, Not Overreacting: Rethinking ‘Bad Behavior’ in the Classroom