In this episode, Lauren gives us alternatives to suspension and expulsion that will help kids to develop the skills they need while also providing a supportive school environment.
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The start of a new year is a great time to sit down as a family to define your family's core values.
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The start of a new year is a great time to sit down as a family to define your family's core values.
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The start of a new year is a great time to sit down as a family to define your family's core values.
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Lauren gives some ideas for how you can incorporate fun holiday routines into your daily life during the 2 weeks around the chaos of Christmas.
Lauren focuses on managing kids' emotions and behaviors around the holidays. She talks through how to do all the fun stuff and also maintain some sense of emotional regulation and calm.
In this episode Lauren walks us through the 4 steps for emotional regulation and gives tips for how to provide support and space for these in your classroom.
Incorporating games and activities that strengthen executive functioning and cognitive flexibility at all ages helps to grow and strengthen these important skills.
Behaviors are not the result of moral or personality flaws or signs of lack of willpower or bad character. They are caused by actual, neurochemical changes in the brain.
Perfection doesn't exist, the more you chase it the more likely you are to experience anxiety and depression.
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Perfection doesn't exist, the more you chase it the more likely you are to experience anxiety and depression.
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Perfection doesn't exist, the more you chase it the more likely you are to experience anxiety and depression.
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Assessments in education can take on many forms. Lauren walks through the different ways of assessing student learning and not just their recall or test performance.
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We are biological and social beings that seek human connection and belonging. Collaboration in classrooms, schools, and workplaces provides synchronous time to connect with your peers.
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We are biological and social beings that seek human connection and belonging. Collaboration in classrooms, schools, and workplaces provides synchronous time to connect with your peers.
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In season 1 we did a series on Room Design and how to optimize spaces for better learning and attention. In this episode, Lauren gives an short overview of how to optimize spaces for nervous system regulation.
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In season 1 we did a series on Room Design and how to optimize spaces for better learning and attention. In this episode, Lauren gives an short overview of how to optimize spaces for nervous system regulation.
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In season 1 we did a series on Room Design and how to optimize spaces for better learning and attention. In this episode, Lauren gives an short overview of how to optimize spaces for nervous system regulation.
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In this episode, Lauren, Sean, and Jessica discuss how to polyvagal theory and somatic practices to recognize the signs of a heightened physical and emotional states, connecting those feelings to programmed behaviors, and using this information to inform future responses both in ourselves and in children.
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In this episode, Lauren walks you through how to set up your routines to help students prepare to learn, AS well as the UDL engagement guidelines: recruit interest, sustain effort and persistence, and self-regulate.
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