When a Neurologist becomes a classroom teacher, Brain Learning Research promotes teaching strategies.
This full day learning opportunity will focus on the practical application of interventions and strategies correlated to the firmly supported and current neuroscience research. The majority of the time is dedicated to practical applications derived from the research that are school and classroom ready. This day will be participatory, model the strategies, and provide you opportunities to apply the information to specific units of instruction, school, or administrative goals.
Topics to be explored during this full day:
How Emotion Impacts the Brain’s Successful Learning and What to Do About It
Neuroscience research has revealed correlations about which teaching strategies promote optimal brain processing. One of the most relevant correlations relates to interventions to mitigate the problem of reduced construction of memories and reduced voluntary control of behavioral responses/best choices when stress blocks communication between the higher brain (prefrontal cortex/PFC) and the rest of the brain.
Building Powerful Executive Functions: The Critical Skill Most Responsive to Strengthening Through the School Years and Most Critical for Success in School and Life
The last part of the human brain to “mature” is the prefrontal cortex control center of executive functions including: goal achievement, attention, emotional control, memory, judgment, prioritizing, organizing, and critical analysis. This interactive session explores strategies correlated with neuroscience research to increase the activation and strength of these developing networks of executive functions.
Target Audience
All Teachers, Administrators, District Leaders, Educational Assistants, Parents, Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists and everyone helping to promote mental wellness, social-emotional learning and healthy relationships in children.