Stop & Think
These are cues that warn ourselves or others that there is a problem
What are Red Flag Warnings?
Your 5 senses all send signals to a place near the center of your brain called the Thalamus - The Thalamus acts like a ____________ ____________ as it sorts and sends this information to other parts of the brain.
All students in this class are 6th graders and my name is Amy Gibbons are both examples of...
What are Facts?
Your ___________ _____________ will always send the message to your Lizard Brain/Limbic System first. By using the Brainwise techniques, we are training these messages to go to our _______ ________ instead.
What are Relay Center and Wizard Brain?
In BrainWise, IDC does not stand for I Don't Care but rather this.
What is IDentify your Choices?
This part of your brain is impulsive and does not Stop & Think to use the Wise Ways.
What is the Lizard Brain?
Our hypothalamus is responsible for this response, which comes in handy if you're actually in danger.
What is Fight, Flight or Freeze?
Words like "never" and "always" are big clues that the statement is emotional in nature and is most likely an _____________.
What is Opinion?
We did this in class as a way to practice Relaxation Control.
What is deep or belly breathing/mediation?
A result or effect of an action or choice is the definition of this term.
What is a consequence?
We are on floor 10, before we can use our Wizard Brain we first need to do this...
What is Exit the Emotions Elevator or lower ourselves on the Emotions Elevator?
Prefrontal Cortex is it's scientific name.
What is the Wizard Brain?
The best way to gather information according to Wise Way 6 is to do this.
What is Ask Questions?
You enter a situation and immediately sky rocket to the 10th floor of the Emotions Elevator. This the best technique to use in this scenario.
What is Stop Talking & Leave?
You always have more than one choice, but need to ______ & _______ and use your ___________ ______________ to think about what those choices are.
What are
Stop & Think
Wizard Brain?
"Calm down", You can do this" and "It isn't worth getting in trouble for" are all examples of this.
What is Control Self Talk?
What is the Lizard Brain?
Asking questions help you gather _________. You have to be low on your ___________ ___________ so you can Stop and Think and ask good questions.
What are Facts/Information and Emotions Elevator?
We learned 4 ways to Exit the Emotions Elevator. Name 3 of them.
What are:
Control Self-Talk
Stop Talking & Leave the Situation
Redirect your Emotions/Distraction
Relaxation Control Techniques (Deep belly breathing, meditation, etc).
This is how many choices you have when you're using your Lizard Brain.
What is One?
In BrainWise, there are this many Wise Ways - although we only covered 8.
What is 10?
As featured in this Pixar movie, the Amygdala are where our __________ are kept.
What is feelings/emotions?
This is who we can go to if we want to gather information and determine the facts.
What is our Constellation of Support?
These are 3 examples of Redirecting your Emotions.
What are going for a walk, playing a game or sport, reading, listening to music, talking to a friend, playing video games? (answers up for interpretation by Mrs. Gibbons).
These are the 3 types of consequences to consider when making a choice.
What are Consequences Now, Consequences Later and Consequences Affecting Others?