Kate Kallonen Counselling and Psychotherapy

08/10/2026

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This will be the last cohort we offer before a price increase. If you want to learn more, you can:

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08/09/2026

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08/05/2026

07/29/2026

Schools spend an ENORMOUS amount of time reacting to kids AFTER things have already gone wrong.

A student becomes overwhelmed, disrupts the class, leaves the room, refuses the work, or has a meltdown. Then the adults step in with consequences, behavior plans, de-escalation strategies, or removal from class.

Dr. Ross Greene calls that being late... but what if we got there early?

That question is at the heart of his Think Sensory Summit session with Greg Santucci, Occupational Therapist. Ross talks about what it takes for schools and educators to respond earlier: identifying the expectations a child is repeatedly having difficulty meeting, understanding what is getting in the way, and solving those problems before the next crisis happens. He also gets into how schools can make time for this work when educators are already managing full classrooms and competing demands.

This conversation also goes into areas people may not have heard Ross speak about as often, including what collaboration can look like with non-speaking kids, minimally speaking kids, younger children, and those who cannot easily explain what is wrong.

Ross is clear that spoken language is NOT a requirement for having a voice in the problem-solving process.

He and Greg explore practical ways to gather information through typing, pictures, gestures, rating scales, yes-or-no signals, and the communication methods a child already uses.

The whole goal here is to help schools get earlier while making sure more kids are genuinely included in solving the problems that affect their lives.

Dr. Ross Greene of Lives in the Balance is a clinical psychologist, the originator of the Collaborative and Proactive Solutions model, and the author of The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Raising Human Beings, and his newest book, The Kids Who Aren’t Okay. His work has helped families, educators, and clinicians move away from punitive, compliance-focused approaches and toward collaborative problem-solving.

You can watch The Kids Who Aren’t Okay: Reimagining School Support from Reactive to Proactive by registering for The Think Sensory Summit, a FREE four-day online event happening November 16–19, 2026, for therapists, educators, and parents supporting neurodivergent kids.

Watch free during the event, or upgrade to the All-Access Pass to keep every session and watch anytime.

Don’t want to wait? Ross’s session is available NOW with the All-Access Pass!

Link to register is in the comments!

07/24/2026

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You reward the behavior you want, you take away privileges for the behavior you don't. It's a standard playbook. But, Alfie Kohn's Think Sensory Summit Session makes the case that both halves of it backfire, and for neurodivergent kids, it's even more costly.

In his session, titled Punished by Rewards - Why Rewards and Punishments Both Fail Kids, Kohn's argument is blunt: manipulating kids' behavior with rewards and punishments, training them as though they were pets, is both morally objectionable and, according to decades of research, unlikely to work in the long run.

Rewards and punishments are two sides of the same coin, each built on control, each undermining the intrinsic motivation and connection kids depend on.

He's especially direct about ABA, which he calls particularly destructive for autistic children. Part of that is the preoccupation with measurable behaviors that ignores the experience of the human being doing them. Part of it is the message underneath: "You are valuable only when you act the way you are told."

The session gets into what it looks like to work WITH kids instead: supporting autonomy, helping them consider how their actions affect others, and offering acceptance that doesn't have to be earned.

Alfie Kohn is the author of 14 books, including Punished by Rewards and Unconditional Parenting, plus articles like "Autism and Behaviorism" and "Five Reasons to Stop Saying 'Good Job!'" Time magazine once called him "perhaps the country's most outspoken critic of education's fixation on grades and test scores."

You can watch his session by registering for The Think Sensory Summit - a FREE 4-day online event, November 16-19, 2026, for therapists, educators, and parents supporting neurodivergent kids. Watch free during the event, or upgrade to the All-Access Pass to keep every session and watch anytime. Don't want to wait? Alfie's session is available NOW with the All Access Pass!

Register free at the link in the comments!

07/09/2026

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Neurodiversity-aware means recognizing that people think, learn, process information, communicate, and respond to the world in different ways.

07/06/2026

Do you have your ticket yet?

Link to Register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/regulation-connection-and-social-learning-with-your-child-tickets-1986912430566