Teachers: want to work smarter not harder? You can, when you are teaching with the brain in mind!
With a little working knowledge of the brain, adults empower themselves to update their teaching practices based on each child’s unique developmental needs. When children’s behaviors don’t alter in response to typical child guidance strategies, understanding the brain reasons for behavior makes your efforts more efficient. You aren’t guessing at what to do. Instead, you are leveraging your knowledge of the brain to use wise discernment in how to work with the child.
21st-Century Teaching
In this training, Laura explores how the brain’s development impacts children’s behavior. Participants will learn how the brain reacts versus responds to input from one of three settings or zones: green, red, or blue. Such knowledge helps adults start the process of teaching with the brain in mind. When challenging behavior arises, adults use this information to “see the child behind the behavior.” Understanding that the brain’s drive to attach, avoid, and approach can be shaped through nurturing and responsive relationships.
Laura offers trauma-informed practices that help both children and adults strengthen the “Green” zone. At the same time, learning to identify and respond to “Red” and “Blue Zone” behaviors instead of react. With such knowledge and strategies, adults can maintain emotional balance even amidst the most challenging situations. And children? They get the attuned engagement they need to feel seen, soothed, safe, and secure.
Teaching with the Brain in Mind starts here
This training works best as a series for deeper learning or as a stand alone training for educators of preschool through elementary school-age children.
Listen to Laura discussing more about this topic on Pre-K Teach and Play’s podcast episode below or in the Resources section: