Brain Function and Anatomy
It is also referred to as the reptilian brain.
What is the downstairs brain or the cerebellum and limbic system.
This can include anything an individual can do to stay both physically and mentally healthy. It can be used to increase mental resiliency and manage the negative effects of stressors in a person's life.
What is self care?
This type of language is best practice when trying to de escalate a situation with a student or students.
What is simple and direct language.
This should be provided where a student can feel safe, listened to, and accepted.
What is a safe space?
The attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.
What is implicit bias?
This is where thought, reason, executive function and logic is processed in the brain and can be severely impacted by trauma in regards to actual anatomical growth and utilization.
What is the upstairs brain or cerebral cortex?
As a personality type that likes to help others and often will put others needs ahead of yours, this is how effective you are for anyone if you don't take care of yourself.
What is not effective?
This type of body language should be used when responding to an escalated student. It avoids non verbal body language like clenched fists and crossed arms which could increase the aggressiveness of the student or escalate the situation further. This type of body language also avoids the responder being seen as confrontational to the escalated student.
What is open, accepting body language?
Being aware of your own stress, triggers and how it impacts working with and educating your students.
What is self-regulation?
This is a term to describe teaching that is diverse, relatable to different cultures and ethnicity and takes into account the instructors own implicit bias and world view.
What is a culturally responsive teaching?
The downstairs part of the brain, the cerebellum and limbic system, control this response.
What is the the "fight or flight" or "Fight, flight, freeze" response.
Filling your mind with these type of thoughts will ultimately lead to increased happiness, content and metal resiliency.
What are positive thoughts. "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." - Marcus Aurelious
This is the type of reception we should have for the student if they are returned to the classroom. We should avoid ignoring the student or possibly re escalating them by a confrontation (power struggle) over their behavior prior to being removed from the classroom.
What is a warm reception?
Distractibility, inattention to detail, or not remaining on task may not be a sign of ADHD but rather a form of hypervigilance most associated with this mental health condition.
What is PTSD?
Whereas equality is that everyone gets equal treatment, provision, opportunities and access in regards to education, this is where the provision of personalized resources are allocated dependant on student need. In other words, the goals and expectations are the same for all students but the supports needed to reach those goals and/expectations are dependant on the student need.
What is equity in education?
This is the process of building coping skills, self-regulation and other automatic responses through repetition. This repetition is best done during periods where the person is calm and not in an agitated state.
What is muscle memory?
Your responses, choices and actions.
These are things that you can control.
This is what we should provide in regards to proximity to the student. It avoids closeness which could be perceived as a hostile act by the student which could increase aggressiveness. This is also needed to allow the responder the appropriate amount of time to respond to possible threats.
What is an adequate safe distance?
Having these can....
HELPS KIDS LEARN THROUGH REPETITION
REDUCE DYSREGULATION
ALLOWS FOR STRUCTURED AND PREDICTABLE INTERACTION WITH CALM ADULTS AND BUILDS TRUST
HELPS STUDENTS RE-FOCUS
What is a routine?
These are some examples from different tests: The reformer, the helper, the achiever, extrovert, introvert, sensing, thinking, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness.
What are personality types or traits?
A person is said to be in a state of this when they are escalated physically, emotionally. Also, when they are in this state, their ability to communicate, make choices, use logic, use rational and use executive functions efficiently is severely limited.
What is dysregulation?
Practicing this has actually shown to thicken the prefrontal cortex in studies indicating a practitioners possible increased performance in awareness, focus, empathy, emotional regulation and decision-making.
What is meditation?
This type of language is not hostile, aggressive, dismissal or judgemental. It shows openness, builds rapport and can be crucial in allowing a student to open up, communicate, vent and self-regulate. Whether or not you believe a student’s feelings are justified, do not judge or dismiss them. The root of the student’s distress might lie outside the classroom and a little support and encouragement can go a long way.
What is empathetic and non judgemental language?
This is the process of change resulting from emphatic engagement with trauma survivors.
What is vicarious trauma?
Said this... "You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
Who is Marcus Aurelius?