In this milestone episode of The Language of Behavior, Joshua Stamper and Charle Peck celebrate the book’s first birthday with reflections on its impact, favorite reader takeaways, and practical tools educators are using across the country. They highlight the “Consider Your Environment” inventory for transforming social and physical classrooms, and Josh’s free Relationship Inventory a checklist of 20 daily best practices like door greetings that boost engagement despite the chaos of interruptions.​

Charlie shares how the book is sparking staff conversations and helping schools shift from reactive discipline to proactive prevention, while Josh reveals light bulb moments like the push in model that are saving instructional time and rebuilding teacher student relationships. The hosts also preview their free February 12th webinar, Equip and Empower Your Staff, designed to give leaders actionable solutions for student behavior challenges.

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About Charle Peck:

Charle Peck is the co-creator of Thriving School Community, a revolutionary program designed for schools to improve mental health. She holds an MS in Education and an MS in Social Work as a 20+ year veteran in education (K-12). As a global keynote speaker, she delivers powerful messages of hope to educators and facilitates meaningful professional development. Charle successfully equips school staff with practical tools to mitigate teacher burnout and the youth mental health crisis providing relief to schools all across the country. Her unique lens as a high school teacher turned clinical therapist specializing in trauma makes her stories relevant and captivating to educators struggling in today’s system. You can purchase her book “Improving School Mental Health: The Thriving School Community Solution” on Amazon and connect with her on X @CharlePeck.

Follow Charle Peck:

1. Website: www.ThrivingEducator.org
2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlePeck
3. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlepeckconsulting?mibextid=LQQJ4d
4. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlepeck/
5. Other: charle@thrivibgeducator.org
6. Podcast: Thriving Educator
7. Book: https://www.amazon.com/Improving-School-Mental-Health-Community/dp/B0BTS3MN2P?crid=EIKAGWZ4V006&keywords=charle+peck&qid=1705780803&sprefix=charle+peck%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=6456f4f1bc2440be71d094a5d14656a4&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

About Joshua Stamper:

Joshua Stamper is the Director of Innovation for the Teach Better Team, a multifaceted role that encompasses his talents as an author, podcaster, leadership coach, and education keynote speaker. With a rich background as a middle school administrator, classroom art educator, and athletic coach, Joshua brings a wealth of experience to his work in education.

Joshua is passionate about implementing trauma-responsive techniques, exploring alternative student discipline methods, and promoting healthy leadership habits. He is deeply committed to enhancing leadership capacity through self-care practices, ensuring that educators are equipped to lead with empathy and resilience. As the author of...

In this week's episode of The Language of Behavior, Joshua Stamper and Charle Peck answer a listener’s question about daily stress and practical routines that actually help, rather than add more pressure. Charlie explains how habits live in the basal ganglia, why we cannot “think” our way into new routines, and how tiny, brain friendly steps like a funny alarm or simply throwing the covers off can jump start change for people stuck in overwhelm or depression.​

Josh shares how shifting from outcome goals to identity based goals for example, “I am a runner” or “I am a healthy eater” helps habits last beyond the first burst of motivation. Together they offer concrete strategies such as shrinking goals into easy first steps, designing your environment so the right choices are visible and convenient, using habit trackers for encouragement and honest data, and pairing new habits with values and small rewards so the cue behavior outcome loop works in your favor instead of against you.

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FREE The Language of Behavior Book Study Kit: https://thrivingeducator.myflodesk.com/lobbookstudy

Do you have any questions for the podcast? Fill out this quick Google Form: https://forms.gle/u5axHazzuyN5pry76

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About Charle Peck:

Charle Peck is the co-creator of Thriving School Community, a revolutionary program designed for schools to improve mental health. She holds an MS in Education and an MS in Social Work as a 20+ year veteran in education (K-12). As a global keynote speaker, she delivers powerful messages of hope to educators and facilitates meaningful professional development. Charle successfully equips school staff with practical tools to mitigate teacher burnout and the youth mental health crisis providing relief to schools all across the country. Her unique lens as a high school teacher turned clinical therapist specializing in trauma makes her stories relevant and captivating to educators struggling in today’s system. You can purchase her book “Improving School Mental Health: The Thriving School Community Solution” on Amazon and connect with her on X @CharlePeck.

Follow Charle Peck:

1. Website: www.ThrivingEducator.org
2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlePeck
3. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlepeckconsulting?mibextid=LQQJ4d
4. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlepeck/
5. Other: charle@thrivibgeducator.org
6. Podcast: Thriving Educator
7. Book: https://www.amazon.com/Improving-School-Mental-Health-Community/dp/B0BTS3MN2P?crid=EIKAGWZ4V006&keywords=charle+peck&qid=1705780803&sprefix=charle+peck%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=6456f4f1bc2440be71d094a5d14656a4&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

About Joshua Stamper:

Joshua Stamper is the Director of Innovation for the Teach Better Team, a multifaceted role that encompasses his talents as an author, podcaster, leadership coach, and education keynote speaker. With a rich background as a middle school administrator, classroom art educator, and athletic coach, Joshua brings a wealth of experience to his work in education.

Joshua is passionate about implementing trauma-responsive techniques, exploring alternative student discipline methods, and promoting healthy leadership habits. He is deeply committed to enhancing leadership capacity through self-care practices, ensuring that educators are equipped to lead...

In this episode of The Language of Behavior, Joshua Stamper and Charle Peck unpack a critical question from a recent Kentucky training on non-suicidal self injury (NSSI): how can we train teachers to respond effectively when self harm shows up in classrooms and hallways? Charlie shares the AAA framework assessment, attitude, and action that she uses with educators and clinicians to clarify roles, keep protocols simple, and move adults from freezing or overreacting to calm, supportive next steps.​

Listeners learn what NSSI can look like across age groups, from hair pulling, biting, and skin picking in younger students to cutting and concealed injuries in teens, and how to notice behavior pattern shifts such as sudden long sleeve clothing, bathroom trips, or refusal to dress out for PE. Charlie models neutral, non shaming language teachers can use, explains why promising secrecy or threatening to “call home right now” can escalate shame and hiding, and outlines how to document only what you can see and hear so mental health professionals can assess risk and function of the behavior.

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FREE The Language of Behavior Book Study Kit: https://thrivingeducator.myflodesk.com/lobbookstudy

Do you have any questions for the podcast? Fill out this quick Google Form: https://forms.gle/u5axHazzuyN5pry76

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About Charle Peck:

Charle Peck is the co-creator of Thriving School Community, a revolutionary program designed for schools to improve mental health. She holds an MS in Education and an MS in Social Work as a 20+ year veteran in education (K-12). As a global keynote speaker, she delivers powerful messages of hope to educators and facilitates meaningful professional development. Charle successfully equips school staff with practical tools to mitigate teacher burnout and the youth mental health crisis providing relief to schools all across the country. Her unique lens as a high school teacher turned clinical therapist specializing in trauma makes her stories relevant and captivating to educators struggling in today’s system. You can purchase her book “Improving School Mental Health: The Thriving School Community Solution” on Amazon and connect with her on X @CharlePeck.

Follow Charle Peck:

1. Website: www.ThrivingEducator.org
2. Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlePeck
3. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlepeckconsulting?mibextid=LQQJ4d
4. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlepeck/
5. Other: charle@thrivibgeducator.org
6. Podcast: Thriving Educator
7. Book: https://www.amazon.com/Improving-School-Mental-Health-Community/dp/B0BTS3MN2P?crid=EIKAGWZ4V006&keywords=charle+peck&qid=1705780803&sprefix=charle+peck%2Caps%2C181&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=aspirewebsite-20&linkId=6456f4f1bc2440be71d094a5d14656a4&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

About Joshua Stamper:

Joshua Stamper is the Director of Innovation for the Teach Better Team, a multifaceted role that encompasses his talents as an author, podcaster, leadership coach, and education keynote speaker. With a rich background as a middle school administrator, classroom art educator, and athletic coach, Joshua brings a wealth of experience to his work in education.

Joshua is passionate about implementing trauma-responsive techniques, exploring alternative student discipline methods, and promoting healthy leadership habits....