ABOUT THE MISSION

When a student shuts down, acts out, or disappears — it's not defiance. It's dysregulation.

When a teacher hits burnout, it's not a weakness. It's a nervous system that never learned to co-regulate.

Self-regulation is the skill of managing your own emotional and physiological response under stress.

It is the single most powerful predictor of student success, teacher retention, and school culture.

Co-regulation is the skill of using your own regulated presence to help another person's nervous system find safety.

It is the most underused tool in education today.

Michale Taylor teaches both. In every school she enters, she doesn't just inspire students. She rewires how they think about themselves, their bodies, and their capacity to rise.

She is a certified trauma-informed speaker and PBIS specialist who brings the neuroscience of regulation into real, lasting conversations that transform school culture.

The result? Fewer suspensions. Lower staff turnover. Students who finally feel safe enough to learn.

Michale Taylor teaches K-12 schools, colleges, and organizations the science of self-regulation and co-regulation so every student feels safe enough to learn.

When students feel safe in their bodies, school becomes a pathway to possibility—not confinement

Self-regulation isn't a soft skill. It's the foundation of every academic outcome.

When students learn to recognize and regulate their own nervous system responses, the classroom stops being a battlefield — and starts being a launching pad.

Michale's workshops teach students how to identify their own stress responses and give them tools they can use every day.

Co-Regulation: The Science Behind Why Adults Matter More Than We Know

Science is clear: students regulate their nervous systems by co-regulating with safe, attuned adults. That means every teacher, counselor, and administrator is either a source of regulation — or dysregulation — for every student they encounter. Michale teaches staff and students alike what co-regulation looks like and how to be a Human Regulator.

Tools They Keep. Language That Lasts. Culture That Shifts

Assemblies that don't leave students with tools are just entertainment.

Michale's programs — including the R.I.S.E. curriculum and regulation-based workshops —give students, counselors, and educators a shared framework and practical tools they return to again and again.

This is nervous system education designed to stick.

Michale Treats The Cause

Most behavioral interventions treat the symptom... the outburst, the suspension, the disengagement.

Michale treats the cause.

As a certified trauma-informed care specialist and PBIS expert, Michale has spent years studying what science already knows: dysregulated nervous systems cannot learn, connect, or thrive.

When a student is stuck in fight, flight, or freeze, NO motivational poster, NO consequence, and NO lecture is going to reach them.

What DOES reach them?

Self-regulation skills that give them agency over their own nervous system.

And for those that need a little support? Co-regulation by a trusted adult who stays grounded, attuned, and safe so the student's nervous system has something healthy to mirror.

This is what Michale brings into every school, every assembly, and every workshop.

A model. A method. A movement.

Because when students learn to regulate, they don't just behave better. They show up differently. They dream bigger. They R.I.S.E.

The difficult circumstances that she came from inspired our students

Michale did a fantastic job of connecting with our students. Hearing about how she changed her mindset to overcome the difficult circumstances that she came from inspired our students.

Whitney at John Sells Middle School

The students were moved and in tears

Michale did a tremendous job not only being very open about her life but also connecting with all students. Some she connected so well with that they were moved to tears. The students were motivated and engaged the whole time. Thank you Michale

Drysten Crallie at Hamilton Middle School

We start doing positive affirmations daily

Michale presentation was absolutely empowering. I really feel like she opened up a positive perspective to the students. Her presentation opened up doors for us as a class to start doing positive affirmations daily.

Taralynn at Imagine Groveport Community Schools

You can do what you aspire to do

Michale made me realize that no matter what you’ve been through, you can do what you aspire to do

Student at Columbus Alternative High School

Our students are still talking about Michale!

This wasn’t just another assembly. Michale created space for vulnerability, growth, and real conversations. Our students are still talking about it.

Michale aligned her message with our goals

The way Michale aligned her message with our goals and school culture was impressive. She reinforced exactly what we’re working on but in a way our students could really absorb

We be vibin'

I told my manager we need you at least once a week because you are one of a kind and the wisdom you share is replenishing. I love how I can be myself

Self-Regulation & Co-Regulation Speaker for Schools, Colleges & Organizations

Your Students Aren't Being Difficult.Their Nervous Systems Are Dysregulated.

Across the country, principals and district leaders are facing a crisis that no amount of policy can fix:

Students and staff whose nervous systems have never learned to feel safe.