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Educator Insights #2: Revolutions in Understanding the Brain

10/24/2016

Educator Insights breakdown theory and research to give teacher practical advice and strategies. In his book, The Body Keeps Score, Dr. Van Der Kolk, one of the leading researchers in the area of psychological trauma, uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain. Click on the picture below to check the book out on Amazon.com. Keep reading for the summary of chapter 2: Revolutions in Understanding the Mind.

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Educator Insights #1: Lessons from Vietnam Veterans

10/16/2016

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Actionable Insights breakdown theory and research to give teacher practical advice and strategies. In his book, The Body Keeps Score, Dr. Van Der Kolk, one of the leading researchers in the area of psychological trauma, uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain compromising suffered capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments - from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama and yoga - that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Click on the picture below to check the book out on Amazon.com.

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TIPBS Podcast: Student Safety Plan

10/13/2016

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Welcome to the TIPBS Podcast! Episode 1 is a 'Strategy Share'. Listen to Dr. Ayre talk about the 'Safety Plan' tool to help traumatized student manage their emotions and behaviours.

Show Notes:

Click on the link below to the 'Safety Plan' - Child Version from the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH):
http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dmh/rsri/safety-tool-for-kids-sample.pdf

Here is the link to the adolescent version of the tool:
http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dmh/rsri/safety-zone-tool.pdf

Do let us know your experience of using the tool with your students! Leave a comment on this post below, or send us a message on FB or via email on [email protected]

Thank you and see you next time!

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Child Trauma and the Challenge of Inclusive Education

10/4/2016

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Picture this. Its 10:00 am and you have had to evacuate students from your class. There are posters on the floor, several of them ripped up. Pens and markers thrown across the room. You have one student, Carly, standing in front of you, with a chair raised over her head, threatening to throw it at you. Carly’s eyes are glazed over, she keeps calling you “mum” and you’re worried she is going to step onto a shard of your favourite coffee mug she broke a few minutes back. What are you going to do?

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Every Opportunity

10/3/2016

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This great video from Atlanta Speech School shows what a trauma-informed school looks like — and what a school looks like that hasn’t incorporated these practices.

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Changing Education Paradigms

10/3/2016

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"Changing Education Paradigms" is an animation of a talk by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education & creativity expert, on the future of education!

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Brain Power: Neurons to Networks

10/3/2016

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Check out this video ' Brain Power: Neuron to Networks' on how modern life is changing the way our brains are wired from the Moxie Institute Films.

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SEL Resource: The Anger Iceberg

10/3/2016

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Trauma-Informed School Toolkit

10/3/2016

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In a diverse, inclusive classroom, some students will also need accommodations and modifications to access the curriculum and express what they know. Check out this link on principles and resources on building a trauma-informed classroom and school environment. These won’t work for every child—uncovering a learner’s individual strengths and needs is always your first step—but they’re helpful ideas to add to your toolbox and use with the learners who can benefit from them.

Click Here to Read 'The Strategies and Resources to Create a Trauma-Informed School'

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Brain Builders

10/3/2016

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Brain Builders presents the core story of brain development from Harvard's Center for the Developing Child. Brains aren’t just born, they are built over time based on our experiences. In this video explore how different experiences affect the architecture of the developing brain. Click on link below to watch the video.

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