
What are the keys to bringing emotional stability to your classroom through balanced regulation and co-regulation?
We've all seen or experienced them: chaotic moments when emotional equilibrium gives way to outbursts of anger, arguments, tears, and turmoil. The results of such dysregulation are rarely positive, and entire class periods or even whole days can be lost in the fallout.
Packed with clear definitions, facts and statistics, heartfelt stories, and applicable discussion points, Regulation and Co-Regulation is rooted in the principle that relationships come first - it only takes one safe, committed adult to help a child heal and build resilience through co-regulation.
In this book, you'll discover:
Tackling this critical aspect of learning head-on, Regulation and Co-Regulation holds out unapologetic hope for healing. As you absorb and apply the wisdom within these pages, get ready: a domino effect will begin when you embrace a new lens of thinking and responding. Everyone in your life - including you - will benefit from the tools you employ to make co-regulation a consistent reality for your students.
Ginger Healy, LCSW, is a dedicated advocate for children and families with over 25 years of experience in trauma and attachment. She began her career as a child abuse investigator and hospital social worker before becoming a school therapist, where she witnessed firsthand the impact of developmental trauma. For 15 years, Ginger served as a social service supervisor at an international adoption agency, further deepening her expertise in attachment and the complex needs of children.
As Director of Programs at the Attachment & Trauma Network (ATN), she co-hosts the Regulated and Relational podcast with Julie Beem, focusing on trauma-sensitive education and therapeutic parenting. Ginger is a nationally recognized speaker and trainer, traveling across the country to equip educators, caregivers, and professionals with tools to build resilience through brain-based, nervous system-informed, and ACEs-aware practices. Her work emphasizes supporting emotional regulation through co-regulation, honoring neurodivergence, prioritizing educator well-being, and creating healing-centered homes, classrooms, and communities.
Ginger is also the author of 30-Minute Groups: Managing Big Emotions: Identifying Triggers, Developing Coping Strategies, and Communicating Effectively and 15-Minute Focus: Regulation and Co-Regulation: Accessible Neuroscience and Connection Strategies that Bring Calm into the Classroom, with accompanying workbook, and additional books on the way. Her books offer practical, compassionate resources for caregivers and professionals. A mother of four, her personal journey with developmental trauma and neurodivergence brings deep empathy to her work. She is committed to fostering safe and connected environments that heal all things human.
Ginger Healy has a way of sharing the most valuable information in a supremely approachable manner. Reading this book feels like sitting with a wise, good friend. Readers will want their highlighter in hand, post-it tabs at the ready as they dive into this strategy-rich text. The author sources a wide variety of practitioners in the field of trauma, bringing methodologies that can be applied by individual educators and whole schools alike.
Dyane Carrere
Trauma-Informed School Practices Author & Educational Consultant
Ginger Healy's book is a must read for all humans who work with humans or plan to work with humans. She made neuroscience accessible and shared strategies can be immediately implemented.
Meagan Baldwin
Educator
My copy has arrived and I am already digging in, highlighting, and loving it. Ginger Healy, thank you for all you put into getting this resource in our hands. It is SO relevant & needed (not that it ever wasn't). I know how much dedication and love you put into this resource.
Jodi Place
Teacher