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Serve & Return
Polyvagal
Brain Development
Trauma
Engage & Resilience
100
The fundamental interaction that shapes brain architecture.
What is serve-and-return?
100
We share this circuitry with reptiles as the last resort for defense.
What is the Freeze Circuit?
100

This is the main ingredient that develops the brain throughout life but especially in childhood and adolescence?

What is Experience?
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 trauma, or pain based behaviors, in the classroom.
What is relationship and co-regulation?
200
A feedback loop process depicting the interaction of the individual and environment in education, based on the science of human development.
What is the Kansas Whole Child Educational Process?
200
When we receive cues of danger and the body sends blood and energy to the major muscles of the arms and legs, and away from the brain and digestion.
What is the fight-flight response?
200
The ability of the brain to change in response to experience and environment.
What is Neuroplasticity?
200
The strongest protective factor that can create resilience in the face of toxic stress.
What are Relationships?
200
The best times of the instructional day to engage and regulate.
What is morning meeting and bell work?
300
The three domains of human development.
What is Bio-Psycho-Social development?
300
One of the strongest signals for cuing safety and connection apart from a melodic voice.
What is Kind Eyes?

(or Warm Eyes)

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
The major research study that showed the dose-response relationship of toxic stress and mental and physical health outcomes, which has been replicated in many states.
What is the ACE study?
300
This strategy can either calm us down, perk us up, or train our attention, depending on how it is used. 
What is Breathing?
400
The growing ability to make decisions about one's own life and influence one's environment.
What is Agency?
400
The longest nerve in the body.
What is the vagus nerve?
400

The part of the brain that continually processes cues of safety or danger and affects our ability stay alert.

What is the brain stem?
400
A mental health condition that has spiked since 2012, coinciding with the prevalence of smart phones.
What is Depression (and Suicidality)?
400
These are like food to the developing nervous system of children and adolescents.
What are Safety Cues?


(through serve-and-return / co-regulation)

Bonus points: describe 3 safety cues

500
When the regulated nervous system of an adult signals and implicitly assists in regulating a child's nervous system.
What is Co-regulation?
500
The circuit that connects the heart, to the larynx, to the middle ear, to the upper facial muscles, to the brain.
What is the Flourish Circuit?

(or Social Engagement Circuit)

500

A seahorse structure that sits next to the amygdala, is responsible for learning and memory, and can be damaged by toxic stress.

What is the Hippocampus?
500
Secreted throughout the body and brain when we go into fight-flight mode.
What is cortisol?
500
Two specific strategies we discussed to build engagement, dampen the stress reponse and build relationship.
What are breath awareness, tapping, take your order, self care, meta-cognitive story?