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When Students Shut Down: Understanding Withdrawal, Avoidance, and Emotional Overwhelm is a 22-page professional guide that helps educators respond to moments of student shutdown with clarity and compassion—not control. Created by psychologist and educator RJ Starr, this classroom-ready resource blends neuroscience, behavior insight, and emotionally intelligent language to support students who disengage through silence, withdrawal, or emotional overload. Inside, you’ll find practical reconnection strategies, teacher reflection prompts, and a quick-reference summary designed for real-time use. It’s not a behavior manual—it’s a guide to recognizing and responding to shutdown as protection, not defiance, while building a classroom culture rooted in emotional safety and high expectations.
When Students Shut Down: Understanding Withdrawal, Avoidance, and Emotional Overwhelm is a 22-page professional guide that helps educators respond to moments of student shutdown with clarity and compassion—not control. Created by psychologist and educator RJ Starr, this classroom-ready resource blends neuroscience, behavior insight, and emotionally intelligent language to support students who disengage through silence, withdrawal, or emotional overload. Inside, you’ll find practical reconnection strategies, teacher reflection prompts, and a quick-reference summary designed for real-time use. It’s not a behavior manual—it’s a guide to recognizing and responding to shutdown as protection, not defiance, while building a classroom culture rooted in emotional safety and high expectations.