Early Childhood Programs and Brain Research
Research from : The Child Trauma Academy Baylor University School of MMedicine Children’s Defense Fund An 80 million dollar grant could have created significant and positive changes in the lives and...
View ArticleEngage… Not Manage! ( A New Discipline Model for our Students that Inspires)
Engage… Not Manage Who are we? As teachers, students, individuals and members of our communities, who are we? What creates the thoughts we have, the challenges we perceive, the celebrations of...
View ArticlePriming the Brain! Brain Breaks and Focused Attention Practices… What is the...
Priming the Brain! Breaks and Focused Attention Practices What’s the Difference? As another semester winds down, I am left with valuable time for desired reflection, consolidation of all the learning...
View ArticleBrain Aligned Strategy for Math Teachers! ( Using Stories!!)
Sometimes we need examples, especially in math of how you weave stories into secondary math courses… Below is one of the best examples to deepen learning and creating meaningful connections as this...
View ArticleThree Words Students Want to Hear from Teachers!!
Three Words Students Deeply Desire to Hear From Teachers CAUTION: Proceed with transparency, self- awareness and persistence A year and a half ago, I made a decision! I needed to return to the K- 12...
View ArticleThe Vortex of Feeling and Learning… What does Educational Neuroscience look...
The Vortex of Feeling and Learning Educational Neuroscience in our Schools “We are feeling creatures who think.” Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor As I reflect upon and intentionally consolidate the work I am...
View ArticleMetacog…What? A new way to teach students about their own thinking!
Metacog…. What? Metacogntion-I’m thinking about my thinking! The one aspect of being human that sets us apart from all mammals in this time is metacognition! This is our brain’s ability and capacity to...
View ArticleLessons From Nellie
Lessons from Nellie! Troubled Youth Need our Presence We think we know what we need. We think we know what our children and youth desire. We think we know what will create healthy attachments and...
View ArticleRadio Interview: The Basic Needs Required for Any Student to Learn
Rae Pica with Kay Albrecht, Ph.D., Lori L Desautels, Ph.D., Peter DeWitt, Ed.D. Our guests say that if basic students’ needs are not met, learning is difficult and in some cases impossible. What are...
View ArticleThe Heart and Brain of the Matter Keynote: ISTA Early Educators Conference
We can change our behaviors: Strategies for the Social Brain. Keynote Presentation by Dr. Lori Desautels at the Indiana State Teachers Association(ISTA) Early Educators Conference. The Heart and Brain...
View ArticleHow the Brain Works, Mindfulness and Meditation Pt. 1
In this episode we discuss How the Brain Works in regards to educational neuroscience with Dr. Lori Desautels of Marian University. If you want to better understand the reasons behind student behavior...
View ArticleHow the Brain Works, Mindfulness and Meditation Pt. 2
In this episode we discuss How the Brain Works in regards to educational neuroscience with Dr. Lori Desautels of Marian University. If you want to better understand the reasons behind student behavior...
View ArticleThe Adolescent Brain: Leaving Childhood Behind
Social and Emotional Learning Series for Edutopia There isn’t a more profound scene in the film Inside Out than the death of Bing Bong, Riley’s imaginary friend. As the main character approaches her...
View ArticleWhy Educational Neuroscience in the Classroom?
August 2016 Dr. Lori Desautels After completing our initial educational neuroscience graduate course at Butler University, and completing a yearlong Brain Initiative with the Washington Township...
View ArticleBrains, Discipline and Adversity! We have to look at how negative experiences...
Social Brains, Discipline, and Regulation! As I ponder, rethink and implement discipline supports and resources into our nation’s schools, I am reminded of the research from Dr. Bruce Perry. Our brains...
View ArticleAdversity, Stress, Poverty and Learning! Letter to our Community!
As parents, educators, students, and as a community, we can no longer ignore the research on the state of mental and emotional health of our families in Indiana, along with the high poverty rates at...
View ArticleAdversity Trauma and What we Can do in the Classroom!!
Trauma, Adversity and the Stress Response Systems! Brain Hijack! Dr. Lori Desautels College of Education Butler University Spring 2017 Trauma often times occurs in the context of relationships,...
View ArticleFocused Attention Practices and New Research on the Stress Response System
Research from Dr. Bruce Perry “Resilient children are made, not born!” Those 49 techniques that promise to get you into college are meaningless and short lived if we are not emotionally connected to...
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