Stress Response
Brain Talk
Brain Development
Trauma and Adversity of the Brain Brain
Engagement and Behavioral Strategies
100
Almond shape clusters of neurons in both temporal lobes
What is the amygdale
100

An excellent and favorite movie about the brain

WHat is Inside Out

100
The greatest time of brain development when experiences stick to the brain in the most permanent ways!
What is Birth through two years of age?
100

This area of the brain goes offline and shuts down when hijacked by stress

What is the Prefrontal cortex

100

Two ways we need to address pain based behaviors in the classroom?

What is relationship and regulation?

200
Seahorse structure that is responsible for short term memory and can be damaged under stress
What is the hippocampus
200
At least Three things the brain needs to stay healthy
What is exercise, water, good food and sleep and breath
200
This is the main ingredient that develops the brain throughout life but especially in childhood and adolescence?
What is experience?
200

Frequent drug use during adolescence is associated with damage to brain regions important for cognitive functions

What are memory, attention and executive function?

200

Best times of the instructional day to engage and regulate?

What is morning meeting and bell work?

300
one way to dampen the stress response in our classrooms
What is breathing
300
weights 3 pounds and consumes 20 percent of our body's energy
WHat is the brain?
300
The last part of the brain to develop and holds the functions of emotional regulation, sustained attention and working memory
What is the Prefrontal cortex?
300
A research study conducted 20 plus years ago that has informed us of the long term emotional, mental and physical health outcomes when chronic stress is a part of our lives
WHat is the ACE study?
300
These strategies change up the routine and add novelty to awaken the brain and help it to stay focused
What are brain intervals?
400
The stress response system in our bodies that develops through childhood and adolescence just like the brain and can be damaged or reprogram how we experience stress for a lifetime
What is the HPA axis
400
seahorse structure that sits next to the amygdala and is responsible for learning and memory
What is the hippocampus?
400
Processes instructions, procedures and emotion, and memories through the amygdala
What is the adolescent brain?
400
A mental health condition that is affecting youth all over the country with a third of our students carrying this into classrooms
What is anxiety
400
The stress response and our ability to stay alert occur first in this part of the brain
WHat is the brain stem?
500
Secreted throughout brain and body when we move to a fight flight freeze response
What is cortisol?
500
Exercises that use breath, sometimes movement, that quiet the stress response
What is a focused attention practice?
500
The three areas / research in educational neuroscience that are creating a different way teachers teach, discipline and relate to students?
What are neuroplasticity, neurogenesis, and Mindfulness Practices?
500
Three main roles and functions of the brain in order
WHat is : survival Emotions Cognition
500
Three specific strategies we discussed to build engagement, dampen the stress reponse and build relationship.
What are stories, questions, dual brain sheet, take your order, emotions in learning, identifying emotional triggers
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