Episode 23

BEHIND THE COMBO | EP 23 — with Quintana Hixon 🎙️✨

This conversation is for every educator who has ever had a kid in their class and thought, there's something more going on here and I don't know how to reach them!

In this episode, I sat down with Quin, Dance Educator and Family Support Specialist in Schools, to talk about what dance education can actually look like for neuro spicy kids, and what it takes to help them feel comfortable, confident, and at home in their bodies.

Because not everything is a behavior. Sometimes a kid just needs a teacher who gets it. And a studio room that was built for them too.

We explored:
✨ What Quintana brings to neuro spicy kids in the studio that not every educator can and how she found her confidence in that
🎉 What it actually looks like to help kids just feel like kids in a dance class and why that gets lost so easily
🧠 Why not everything you see in class is a behavior and what neuro spicy students might actually need in that moment
💛 How to help teachers meet neuro spicy students where they are practically and compassionately
🌟 How celebrating how far a kid has come, instead of comparing them to others, changes everything in the room

This one is for the educators who want every single kid in their class to feel like they belong there!

Because a neuro spicy kid who feels seen in your studio? That's everything 💜

Watch the replay and share a light bulb moment that made you go 'aha, that's it'!