{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Think. Learn. Live.","title":"Why Kids Freeze When You Ask Them to Write","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/09e99e16\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":489,"description":"Why do some of the brightest kids suddenly shut down when it’s time to write?Parents often assume the problem is motivation or effort. But writing requires the brain to coordinate thinking, memory, motor planning, and attention at the same time. When that system overloads, the nervous system protects before it produces.What looks like resistance is often overwhelm.In this short video, Cheri Dotterer, MS, OTR, explains the moment when well-intended words can accidentally interfere with a child’s ability to process information and respond. When we understand how the brain organizes learning, we can respond in ways that restore safety, attention, and progress.Because when the brain feels safe, learning finally sticks.📘 Learn more in the book:Handwriting Brain-Body DisConnect: Adaptive Teaching Techniques to Unlock a Child’s Dysgraphia for the Classroom and at Homehttps://www.handwritingbrainbodydisconnect.com/book","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/aeUcitSIOSQusdhquLLGzHpd93HWKoz_xiUg_mgMCUc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Yjk5/YWU3N2VlYzY2YTA5/NTk2YzliNTIyMTNk/NTFiMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}