one way to dampen the stress response in our classrooms
What is breathing
20
weights 3 pounds and consumes 20 percent of our body's energy
WHat is the brain?
20
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?
20
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?
20
These strategies change up the routine and add novelty to awaken the brain and help it to stay focused
What are brain intervals?
200
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
200
seahorse structure that sits next to the amygdala and is responsible for learning and memory
What is the hippocampus?
200
Processes instructions, procedures and emotion, and memories through the amygdala
What is the adolescent brain?
200
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
200
The stress response and our ability to stay alert occur first in this part of the brain
WHat is the brain stem?
300
Secreted throughout brain and body when we move to a fight flight freeze response
What is cortisol?
300
Exercises that use breath, sometimes movement, that quiet the stress response
What is a focused attention practice?
300
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?
300
Three main roles and functions of the brain in order
WHat is :
survival
Emotions
Cognition
300
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