Latest / Look Who's Talking / Karen Zamora - Harmony Farm
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- 0:06You are listening to Look Who's Talking. I am
- 0:24Cameron Minter. I am your co -host and our fantastic
- 0:28head start director, Jessica Coffie Dickerson.
- 0:32If you interrupt me one more time when I'm saying
- 0:36your name, there's going to be trouble. Let's
- 0:39start again. And our fantastic head start director,
- 0:43Jessica. Oh, my God. What? What? Sorry. I guess
- 0:50we're done. JCD. Hi. I feel like my mic isn't
- 0:56loud. It's probably because of you. Oh, maybe.
- 1:00Oh, I hear myself now. Okay, thank you. Hey,
- 1:04Jessica. Hey. How are you? I'm fine. I can't
- 1:08believe you won't let me get the name out. Well,
- 1:11you know how, like... You come in in between
- 1:15because that's like background. Even though we
- 1:18have the background music, but I was like, yeah.
- 1:21Like, you know, you slide in. Yeah, yeah. We
- 1:24got to work that out. Okay. We got to work that
- 1:26out. Next time. We'll try it again next time.
- 1:28Yeah, next time we're going to go straight through.
- 1:30I mean, you know, I'm only five months in. Yeah,
- 1:34I know. This is why I'm practicing. Okay. I'm
- 1:37practicing to make sure you. Well, clearly I
- 1:39haven't passed the test yet. Exactly. You're
- 1:41not passing the test on this new last name. When
- 1:45do you get used to your last name being changed?
- 1:49I would say when them bills start coming in your
- 1:52name. What? Yeah, when that Dickerson bill comes
- 1:57in, yeah, yeah. That's you. That's all you. Change
- 2:02it. Speaking of, we're getting ready to vote.
- 2:10And are you prepared to vote? Because I may be
- 2:16wrong, but I think. You must present your birth,
- 2:22your government name to vote. Have you done all
- 2:25that? I haven't changed anything yet. So I think
- 2:29I'm good. Okay. What do you mean? Make sure you're
- 2:34good. That's all I'm saying. Because I think
- 2:37they're requiring you to show proof of, you know,
- 2:42your government name, Coffie name. So if you
- 2:48haven't changed. I haven't. Yeah. Yeah. I'm still
- 2:51good with that. Okay, cool. Yeah. Yeah. I want
- 2:54you to vote. And voting is important. Isn't it
- 2:57important? Voting is very important. Okay. And
- 3:00I will always be that one to get my sticker and
- 3:05show you. I voted. Yeah. Yeah. I just don't want
- 3:08you to run into any issues and be like, I can't
- 3:10show my sticker. Oh, no, no, no, no. I'm on top
- 3:13of all of that. That's why. So I really haven't
- 3:16changed anything because we're going on a honeymoon.
- 3:20We know that it's going to be out of the country.
- 3:23But I literally just got a new passport and my
- 3:28license like a year ago. Well, maybe two years
- 3:31ago. With Coffie. Yes. So we're like, let's go
- 3:36on the honeymoon and then you change everything
- 3:39because... I hope that works out for you and
- 3:41you don't get stuck somewhere. Everyone is saying
- 3:42it's such a process. Well, as long as I'm still
- 3:46me, Coffie, I'm good. I hope that works out for
- 3:51you and you don't get stuck in something. Why
- 3:53would I get stuck? Because you're not Coffie.
- 3:57You're not Coffie. I am on my license. And my
- 4:02birth certificate. That's all that matters. That's
- 4:04why I said I'm good. Okay. What's going on in
- 4:08the life of the Dickerson's? Just rolls off differently.
- 4:13I don't know. Well, no. So I have started planning
- 4:20in my head my little fall festival Halloween
- 4:24little thingy I want to do at our house. Wow.
- 4:27And then the very next day I'm going to put my
- 4:30Christmas tree up. Yeah. You know, because it's
- 4:33Halloween, then Christmas is what it is. Is he
- 4:38aware of this problem that you have? Oh, yeah.
- 4:40He's the one who put the tree up and took it
- 4:42down last time. Okay. Yeah. He knows I have a
- 4:46problem. Yeah, you do have a problem. How many
- 4:48trees? Which I really don't think it's a problem.
- 4:51It is. It is a problem. When I go in the Cracker
- 4:54Barrel now, Christmas trees and Halloween at
- 4:58the same time. Oh, really? Make it work. Make
- 5:02it work. It's just coming into that season. Like
- 5:06you have summer break, which we don't get a break,
- 5:09but you have summer break. It's hot outside.
- 5:12Then you have fall, which really means allergy
- 5:16season. Because I have been sneezing my wig off.
- 5:21And then it's the holiday. So allergy season,
- 5:26holidays. All in one. All in one. Let's wrap
- 5:30it up. In Kentucky weather. So it's cool in the
- 5:34morning and blazing at night. I know. Monday.
- 5:38It was chilly. Oh, yeah. Came out in my little
- 5:42short sleeve shirt. Oh, my gosh. It felt great.
- 5:45It did. It did. It felt great. And then when
- 5:48I stepped outside after I got off, I said, wow,
- 5:52I'm in a whole nother state. Yep. That's how
- 5:57I felt. That's how it is. And we're. Very much
- 6:00used to this Kentucky weather now. Are you a
- 6:03person that has allergies? I do. I take an allergy
- 6:07pill every day. Every day. Yeah. And yeah, so
- 6:13they're pretty much being good right now. But
- 6:16let me stop taking that pill immediately. See,
- 6:21I'm one that I have a prescription for them.
- 6:25I took. You're like my daughter. Yeah, I took
- 6:28one on Monday because I felt awful. But then
- 6:33I'm like, oh, when I woke up, oh, I feel good.
- 6:37I don't need another one when I really do need
- 6:39it. You have to keep it in the system. Yeah.
- 6:44Daily. Well, I'm not good at that. Do you have
- 6:51a medicine packet thing yet? You said yet. I
- 6:56said yet because it's coming. I don't have one.
- 7:00Do I need one? Absolutely. Yes, you do. Because
- 7:04at what age did I start taking more than one
- 7:08pill a day? I'm there. I take about three. And
- 7:12I said, where did this come from? And it's going
- 7:14to continue. Yes. Yeah, and we already talked
- 7:20about this, so I know the cup of water is beside
- 7:22the bedside. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Sleeping with the
- 7:26fan yet? Oh, I've slept with a fan since I don't
- 7:30know when. I mean, you're checking all the boxes.
- 7:32You just need to go on and embrace that. Do I
- 7:35wake up in the middle of the night to go to the
- 7:37restroom? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. You're there.
- 7:43Welcome to the club, girl. That one's been like
- 7:46at least 10 years. Yeah. Very good. And you don't
- 7:49believe people when they say, oh, when you get
- 7:52older, things just change. Oh. I did not believe.
- 7:56I got one for you. What? Passing gas. Yeah. Yeah.
- 8:04Freely. What do you mean? It's around 50. Is
- 8:08this? Around 50. Is this age appropriate? Yeah,
- 8:11it is. It is because we're talking about getting
- 8:15older. Okay. And around 50 is something. You'll
- 8:20just be talking and walking. Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
- 8:26I got one. Well, that didn't happen until more
- 8:31until I got married. I'm not even gonna lie.
- 8:35But you know what? You know what the cause was?
- 8:39I got my gallbladder out in January. Oh, yeah,
- 8:41yeah. And it's been death ever since. I'm like,
- 8:47oops. Where did this come from? Oh, I love these
- 8:54little conversations with you. I don't know if
- 8:56I like this one. I'm just sharing all my business.
- 8:58I know, but. It's your fault. So they'll know
- 9:01next time when they smell something that doesn't
- 9:04smell right, they'll know it was you. No. Time
- 9:08for a Coffie Break. So for this evening's Coffie Break,
- 9:22I just want to say there is power in starting
- 9:25again. You can rebuild after disappointment.
- 9:29You can learn after failure. You can rise stronger
- 9:33than before. What do you think about that? That's
- 9:36good. That's good. That's right to the point.
- 9:38You know what? I always tell people the best
- 9:40lesson is a learned lesson. Whether you feel
- 9:43like it's a failure or you didn't do something
- 9:45right, you usually learn from that and then move
- 9:50on. I was talking to my neighbor. He's got a
- 9:54pickup truck, but it's one of them raised on
- 9:58high wheels. He's trying to figure out, trying
- 10:01to lift it. It's already high and all of this.
- 10:05And so, you know, he put it on and it didn't
- 10:08work. And I said, hey, you're not failing. You're
- 10:11learning. You're learning. You know, so as long
- 10:14as we never quit. Yeah. I think that's a common
- 10:18message that will withstand the test of time.
- 10:23Do not quit. Yeah. I think that's important to
- 10:28learn. Learn from it. Yeah. Some of the best.
- 10:33Lessons are learned through loss or failure.
- 10:37Absolutely. Absolutely. I think that builds you.
- 10:41It does. When everything's going good. There's
- 10:45a book, a very famous book. Scholarly. That says,
- 10:51in my weakness, he will make us stronger. Come
- 10:56on, I knew you was going to go there today. And
- 10:58think about, you know, sometimes in those weak
- 11:01moments or in those moments that we just like,
- 11:04oh, I didn't do it right or whatever, you end
- 11:08up being stronger from those moments. That's
- 11:11right. So don't let the terror scare you. Okay.
- 11:19Okay, okay, okay, okay. Let's get right. Who
- 11:22are you today? What is the day's show talking
- 11:26about? Okay, so I'm excited about today's show
- 11:29because we are speaking with Karen Zamora. I
- 11:35just didn't want to mess up her last name. That's
- 11:36right. Who is a licensed clinical social worker,
- 11:39but she is the founder of Harmony Farms. How
- 11:44about that? Welcome to the show. So I really
- 11:49want to just get to the point. Do you have horses?
- 11:52Yes, we have horses. Can I come? Absolutely,
- 11:55you can come. Tell us a little bit about yourself
- 12:02and the inception of Harmony Farms. Sure, sure.
- 12:09So like you said, I'm a licensed clinical social
- 12:12worker and I'm a CCAT. So what is that for our
- 12:17abbreviation? That's a certified clinical adventure
- 12:24therapist. Oh, wow. I think I will be a good
- 12:29outdoor therapy. I don't know why I just got
- 12:34this country accent all of a sudden. But yeah,
- 12:39so I've been doing therapy for about since. 2010.
- 12:44And so I worked at comp care for about two years
- 12:47and appreciated that experience, but always knew
- 12:50I wanted to do psychotherapy, incorporating horses.
- 12:55Since you asked if I was using horses and, and,
- 12:59and we just started this practice and it's just
- 13:01grown and grown. Thus the farm. Because I was
- 13:04like, why farm? Yeah, we've got chickens, we've
- 13:08got horses, we've got therapy dogs, we've got
- 13:11cats, we've got a peacock. So lots of fun things.
- 13:16And then we have a walking labyrinth and we have
- 13:19a sensory garden for the five senses. Of course,
- 13:23we have a outdoor, it's called a low ropes challenge
- 13:27course, which is just basically a big playground
- 13:29for children and their folks. To go and learn.
- 13:34For their folks, that means adult. Because I
- 13:36was going to ask, is there a weight limit? No,
- 13:39there's no weight limit. So, yeah, greenhouse.
- 13:44So how did you get into the adventure part of
- 13:48things? I like that. I know. I want adventure
- 13:51in my title. Somebody let somebody know I want
- 13:54adventure added to. Media adventure. Producer.
- 13:58Producer, okay. There you go. That sounds nice.
- 14:01That sounds nice. Oh, look at that. Maybe we
- 14:05can go to her farm and that be our first broadcast.
- 14:08Don't talk about it. Be about it. Adventure broadcast.
- 14:10Well, we do corporate events and stuff like that.
- 14:15Like if you want team building and that kind
- 14:17of thing. So with the horses or outdoors or whatever
- 14:20you want to do. So when kiddos come, like are
- 14:25they referred or how does this come about? Many
- 14:29times. It's just by word of mouth. Oh, wow. Yeah,
- 14:32just word of mouth. Anybody can call. And now
- 14:36we do have a pre -screener because it is at my
- 14:39home. So my husband and I live there. And so
- 14:45we don't do active psychosis, domestic violence,
- 14:49active domestic violence, or substance abuse
- 14:53because I don't want that in my home. Right.
- 14:56But we will refer. Elsewhere, but we do a lot
- 14:59of trauma. Trauma is something that we work with
- 15:02a lot, especially with the foster kids. And that's
- 15:05where I kind of have a passion for that. So this
- 15:09is not just, I don't want to say it this way,
- 15:13but it's not just play. We're working on some
- 15:16things. Oh, we're working on tough stuff. Yeah,
- 15:18we're working on tough stuff. But we only see
- 15:21children and adolescents and their families or
- 15:24caregivers. So, yeah, so that's our specialty.
- 15:30Okay. You are listening to Look Who's Talking.
- 15:34We are talking with Karen. I'm not even going
- 15:36to attempt the last name. Zamora. And we'll be
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- 16:30online at commaction .org. You are listening
- 17:03to Look Who's Talking and we are talking with
- 17:06Karen Zamora. Look at that. See, I can say it
- 17:10was beautiful. That was beautiful. See how proud
- 17:12I am? Yes, yes, yes. And we're talking about
- 17:16the Harmony Farms. But that is just one aspect
- 17:21of the things you do. Is that correct? So that's
- 17:25like where I work. And then there's several different
- 17:30creative approaches that we use. That's your
- 17:32umbrella. Yeah, that's the umbrella. And so we
- 17:35do... We do lots of different modalities like
- 17:39trauma -focused cognitive behavior therapy. We
- 17:42do the traditional cognitive behavior therapy,
- 17:45behavior modification, and parent -child interaction
- 17:48therapy. So can you tell us a little bit more
- 17:53about what is parent -child interaction therapy?
- 17:57Yes, absolutely. And this would be perfect for
- 18:00y 'all's audience. Because it's for children
- 18:04that are ages two and a half to six and a half
- 18:07years of age. And it's about building that relationship
- 18:11and adding tools to the parent's toolbox so that
- 18:15they can build that strong foundation. And then
- 18:18that's the first part. And then the second part
- 18:21is where the parent. or caregiver learns how
- 18:27to have their child listen in mind. So how to
- 18:30appropriately discipline and be predictable,
- 18:33consistent and follow through each time. So when,
- 18:37who is that intended for? Like, I know you said
- 18:41for kiddos and guardians or parents from the
- 18:46age of two to about six, but what would bring
- 18:51them to coming to get parent child? It was originally
- 18:56designed for when parents or caregivers were
- 19:01using physical discipline or corporal punishment.
- 19:06And so it was to help them learn different ways
- 19:08to interact with their child. Now we found that,
- 19:12hey, this is such a cool program. It works for
- 19:16anybody. I mean, you know, they say kids don't
- 19:18come with a handbook. I think this should be
- 19:20a handbook. And I did want to say kind of tying
- 19:26on to what you all were saying earlier before
- 19:28I came on, you know, we're talking about making
- 19:32mistakes and learning from failures and things
- 19:34like that. And parents, you know, we or caregivers,
- 19:38we like judge ourselves pretty hard. Right. Like
- 19:41we want to be good enough and we want to be the
- 19:45perfect parent. And so, I mean, it's really important
- 19:48for for. people to hear you don't have to be
- 19:52the perfect parent, just good enough. Right.
- 19:55Right. That's, that's very important. With this,
- 19:59I did a little reading on it. You make this claim,
- 20:04listen at this, how this approach, you make this
- 20:07claim about five minutes. Come on, talk to me
- 20:10about five minutes. Sure. So I like to compare
- 20:14a child's need for attention to an empty bucket.
- 20:17And so they want, attention any way they can
- 20:20get it whether it's positive attention hugs and
- 20:23kisses that a girl good job or negative attention
- 20:27don't stop quit will you knock that off go to
- 20:29your room attention is still attention any way
- 20:31you look at it so what we do is we stop quit
- 20:36will you knock that like that's going in my head
- 20:38now yeah yeah so so attention is still attention
- 20:41right and so what we recommend is that you spend
- 20:45five minutes of one -on -one time with your child
- 20:49doing something they want to do because there's
- 20:52so much in a child's life, especially in that
- 20:55age bracket that they don't have control over.
- 20:57Right. And so for five minutes every day, they
- 21:00have control over what they do, say and play.
- 21:03And you're just following their lead and you're
- 21:05playing what they're playing. And you're using
- 21:07a specific skill set that the therapist will
- 21:09teach you, which we can go into. and that just
- 21:15fills their bucket full of positive attention
- 21:17and so once you do that those negative seeking
- 21:22attention behaviors such as whining crying and
- 21:26things like that will start to decrease and then
- 21:30those positive behaviors like sharing or listening
- 21:34will start to increase that reminds me of just
- 21:37you know, some of the things that we do in Head
- 21:39Start because we want the children to lead the
- 21:42lesson or lead the conversations. So we, you
- 21:46know, try to have them lead conversations and
- 21:50then we go with what the child is saying. So
- 21:53I do believe that approach works. Some behaviors
- 21:57we might see in the classroom, I see if I give
- 22:02them a leadership responsibility, then they like
- 22:05are like, oh, I have an important job and they're
- 22:10focused on being the leader. Right. And the helper.
- 22:13Yes. Yes. Absolutely. Redirect that attention.
- 22:15Beautiful. So I'm interested in knowing, you
- 22:19said you have animals. How do you incorporate
- 22:22these animals? She actually brings it back around
- 22:26now. Did you see that? Bringing it back. What
- 22:28are the horses doing? I know. Well, how do you
- 22:31incorporate this? with the parent -child interaction
- 22:37therapy? We don't. Oh, okay. Sorry. That's the
- 22:41other part of what she does. That's one of the
- 22:44many things. But that's a good question. Actually,
- 22:47that's what I really want to try to figure out.
- 22:49If there was some way I could figure out how
- 22:51to couple and marry the two, my two passions,
- 22:54right? Wouldn't that be amazing? But PCIT is
- 22:58very evidence -based and it's got a manual and
- 23:02a workbook. And animals, they don't really fit
- 23:05into a manual. What do we use the animals for?
- 23:08So that's a narrative therapeutic approach. So
- 23:11that's where the kids begin to create a story
- 23:15about what they're doing. And so we externalize
- 23:19the problem. The problem becomes a problem. The
- 23:22child is not the problem. Right, right. makes
- 23:24sense so it's like and pretty soon whatever happens
- 23:28out there in the field or out in our office parallels
- 23:33whatever's going on in the client's life in the
- 23:37kiddo's life I've seen animals use like specifically
- 23:42dogs like in court to make them feel less threatened
- 23:48I guess and so animals seem to have a connection
- 23:56to our, to our psyche in some fashion. Absolutely.
- 24:01Absolutely. I've got many stories about where,
- 24:05you know, like our therapy dog would, there was
- 24:09one time, this one's pretty cool. So there was
- 24:13one time, Annie, my border collie, I don't know
- 24:16why I got a border collie, but my border collie,
- 24:19she was blonde and white. And so she was, She
- 24:23was downstairs in my office and suddenly she
- 24:27wanted to go upstairs into the cupola in the
- 24:30in the top. And she was insistent that she go.
- 24:33And I was like, OK, she's trying to tell me something.
- 24:35And so she went in and she joined a therapist
- 24:37and her client. And so I asked if that was OK.
- 24:41And they said, sure. And so then I just went
- 24:43back downstairs. And later that therapist told
- 24:45me that that Annie went to the kids backpack
- 24:49and. the kid had a razor in her backpack. Oh,
- 24:54wow. And she was planning on cutting and hurting
- 24:57herself. And that because Annie found it, she
- 25:00didn't cut. So Annie saved her life. And I was
- 25:04like, I don't know how. I don't know how that
- 25:06worked out. But I mean, that's, I mean, the power
- 25:09of the pups, right? They're just amazing. They
- 25:12just know things that we don't know sometimes.
- 25:14And like when kids are feeling super anxious.
- 25:17You know, Bebe, who Annie has since passed away,
- 25:20but Bebe is now our new therapy dog. And she'll
- 25:24just go in and sit on their lap, you know, kind
- 25:27of like a weighted blanket, right? Just in live
- 25:30form. And she'll just go and sit on their lap
- 25:32and they just pet her. And, you know, that reduces,
- 25:34that helps you calm down and regulate your emotions.
- 25:37Yeah, absolutely. That's fantastic. So you have
- 25:41a lot going on under this umbrella. Oh, yes.
- 25:47It's all in regards to the child's psyche and
- 25:53improving situations in their life. Correct.
- 25:57And we want the children to feel safe. That's
- 26:01the biggest, biggest. Can you tell us about pride
- 26:04skills? Sure. What are pride skills? Sure. So
- 26:08that goes back to the PCIT. And the pride skills
- 26:11are our skills that that. improve that communication
- 26:17with with the kiddos and you can use it with
- 26:21you know the two to six year olds you can use
- 26:24it with your husband you can use it with your
- 26:25co -worker just whoever right like you can use
- 26:29it all the time so p so it's an acronym and p
- 26:33stands for praise and it's not just good job
- 26:37that's nice it's labeled praise so it's being
- 26:42very specific about what you like about the child's
- 26:46behavior. So, um, like I love the way you're
- 26:50sharing your eyes with me right now. See, thank
- 26:52you for sitting so calmly in your seat, right?
- 26:55Especially if it's a positive opposite. If the
- 26:57kid really has a hard time staying in their seat
- 26:59or for my husband, thank you for washing the
- 27:02dishes for me. I really appreciate it. Yeah.
- 27:06Are. Is for reflection. And that's just a form
- 27:11of active listening. So you're reflecting back
- 27:15what they're saying, either verbatim or the meaning
- 27:18of what they're saying. That way they feel validated
- 27:21and they feel heard. Got it. Got it. See, I just
- 27:25reflected you. Yeah, there you go. She was waiting.
- 27:28I was like, what? Why'd you get quiet? I wasn't.
- 27:31I is for imitation. That's where you're doing
- 27:34what the child is doing. So if the child is playing
- 27:37with Mr. Potato Head, you're playing with Mr.
- 27:39Potato Head. If he switches over and starts playing
- 27:43with cars, then you're going to switch over and
- 27:44play with cars. You're just following their lead.
- 27:47And that's for that five minutes of special play
- 27:49time every day. That way they feel like their
- 27:52ideas are valued, right? D is for description.
- 27:56That's where you describe a behavior description.
- 27:59You're describing their behavior, just like a
- 28:01sports commentator. So you just use, you are,
- 28:04you are, you are sitting on the chair. You are
- 28:08driving the car on the rug. You are drinking
- 28:11your water, whatever it might be. That's what
- 28:13they're doing. You are using nice hands. So that
- 28:18would be like a label praise and a behavior description
- 28:20bonus. Yeah. So then the last one is E is for
- 28:26enjoyment. And so just enjoy spending time together.
- 28:30Authentic enthusiasm is vital. So sometimes we
- 28:33tell parents you have to fake it till you make
- 28:35it, but don't fake it too much because they can
- 28:37see through that. So the other, some helpful
- 28:40tips. Yeah. And so whatever we pay attention
- 28:43to is what the child is going to continue to
- 28:45do. So your attention as a parent is like a reward.
- 28:50It's like candy to a kid. And so if they start
- 28:53acting out, what we're going to do is called
- 28:56selective attention or an active ignore. So let's
- 29:01say Cameron's acting out over there, right? And
- 29:03so what I'm going to do is I'm going to turn
- 29:06away like this, right? And I'm going to turn
- 29:09my body away from him. I'm still going to keep
- 29:11him in the corner of my eye. I don't want him
- 29:12to wallop me on the side. Exactly. You and your
- 29:17sound effects. And then I'm going to get busy
- 29:19doing something else. So I'm going to get busy
- 29:22using the pride skills on myself. I'm building
- 29:25the biggest tower ever. this tower is going to
- 29:28the moon and back again. And you're really enthusiastic
- 29:31and you're really excited. And what do you think
- 29:33Cameron's going to do? He's going to come over
- 29:36there. He's going to come over there. And knock
- 29:39down the tower. And he's probably going to tell
- 29:40us we're doing it all wrong. Right. He's probably
- 29:43going to tell us we're doing it all right. That's
- 29:44not how it goes. And that's fine. And then, but
- 29:47you didn't, what did you not have to do? Deal
- 29:49with, deal with. Whoever Cameron is cutting up.
- 29:53Or do any negative talk. Yeah, you didn't have
- 29:56to do any negative talk. So that's the things
- 29:58that we avoid. We avoid the negative talk. So
- 30:02there's the don't skills. So we avoid commands,
- 30:06criticisms, and questions. So we don't ask questions
- 30:09during that special playtime, not because we're
- 30:14not curious, but because if you ask a question,
- 30:16that takes the lead away from the child. So as
- 30:19a teacher, it's really, really hard not to ask
- 30:22questions. And as a parent, it's hard not to
- 30:24do that. So for that five minutes, we don't do
- 30:26that. And then we avoid commands again because
- 30:29it takes the lead away from the child. And we
- 30:32avoid negative talk because it's critical. It's
- 30:35negative. Don't do it like that. That's not how
- 30:37that goes, right? That just feels icky. So we
- 30:40want to focus, focus, focus on the positive.
- 30:42That's fantastic. Make sure you use that. Yes,
- 30:45ma 'am. Your attention is like candy to a kid.
- 30:52When you ignore, it's not that you're doing nothing.
- 30:57You're actually doing everything because you
- 31:00just took candy away from a child. As soon as
- 31:04they start acting appropriate and calm, then
- 31:06you give the attention back and you give them
- 31:09that piece of candy back. like that explanation
- 31:12that's interesting yeah that's very interesting
- 31:14so that's a lot of information how can we find
- 31:21out more about what you do oh well you can always
- 31:26give us a call or you can visit our website At
- 31:30HarmonyFarmKY .com. Our phone number. Is that
- 31:35okay for me to say? I'm like, okay. Yeah. And
- 31:39our phone number is 859 -537 -9779. Very good.
- 31:44Very good. Very good. We didn't even talk about
- 31:47the trauma aspect of the children that you work
- 31:50with, but it's just, it seems like this is a
- 31:54huge umbrella. This is a huge resource. for our
- 31:58families and our listening audience. So we really
- 32:02appreciate you coming in. And yeah, I got questions.
- 32:06I know, right? We're going to have to have her
- 32:08back on the show. Yeah, we're going to have to
- 32:09have you back. Oh, no, no, no. We're coming to
- 32:12you. Oh, that's right. That's what you said.
- 32:14I'm going to hold her feet to the fire. Oh, absolutely.
- 32:17I got stuff. Can I get on the horse? No. It's
- 32:24all groundwork. You can pet him then. That's
- 32:28all I want. All right. All right. Thank you.
- 32:31You have been listening to Look Who's Talking.