When Behavior Speaks: The Book is on the way!

WHEN BEHAVIOR SPEAKS
Unlocking the Executive Function Skills Behind Your Child's Struggles
Nick Symonette Jr., Ed.S.

Your child is not lazy. Not unmotivated. Not broken.

They're under skilled — and that changes everything.

After two decades as a classroom teacher, behavioral interventionist, assistant principal, and trained children's life coach, Nick Symonette Jr. has sat across the table from hundreds of parents who feel exactly what you might be feeling right now: exhausted, confused, and quietly afraid that something is fundamentally wrong with their child — or with their parenting.

When Behavior Speaks offers a different answer.

Grounded in neuroscience, developmental psychology, and two decades of real classrooms and real families, this book introduces a single, powerful reframe: behavior is not a character flaw. It's communication. Every meltdown, every missed deadline, every moment of shutdown is your child telling you that a specific, learnable skill — organization, time management, focus, emotional regulation — hasn't caught up to what's being asked of them yet.

Through the stories of real students like Jasmine, Marcus, Keisha, Daniel, and Zara, you'll learn to recognize under skilled behavior when you see it, understand the executive functioning science behind it, and build the practical, research-backed tools to help your child develop the skills they need — not through more pressure, but through curiosity, structure, and a parent who knows how to stay steady through the hard parts.

You'll walk away with:

• A new language for understanding your child's struggles — and your own
• Chapter-by-chapter tools for organization, time management, focus, goal setting, self-monitoring, and confidence
• Guidance for advocating inside the school system and protecting your own capacity as a parent
• The reframe that shifts everything: from "What's wrong with my child?" to "What skill is under stress right now?"

Your child is not broken. They are developing. And with the right understanding, so are you.

Pre-order your copy of When Behavior Speaks today and be among the first to receive this compassionate, research-grounded guide to understanding — and truly supporting — your child.