A Brain-Based Approach to Building Resilience Elyse Pratt-Ronco, PhD University of Maine at Farmington
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What Makes Your Students Resilient?
What Makes You Resilient?
What DO You Wish your Students Had More of To Make them Resilient?
Why are we talking about resilience building now? Why Now? Why are we talking about resilience building now?
What Makes Your Students Resilient?
Use or Adapt?
RESILIENCE
“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” -Mexican Proverb
Chronic Stressors Live Here!” What is Going On? “Caution! Chronic Stressors Live Here!”
In the Classroom. . . Fight Flight Freeze Acting out Behaving aggressively Acting silly Exhibiting defiance Being hyperactive Arguing Screaming/yelling Withdrawing Fleeing the classroom Skipping class Daydreaming Seeming to sleep Avoiding others Hiding or wandering Becoming disengaged Exhibiting numbness Refusing to answer Refusing to get needs met Giving a blank look Feeling unable to move or act
Genetics vs. Epigenetics
Rats, and Cats, and Frogs, Oh My!
Strengthening Executive Functioning
Use or Adapt?
Bag of Nouns Round 1- Description Round 2- Charades Round 3-One word clue http://www.crickweb.co.uk/countdown-timers.html
Use or Adapt?
The Wise Choice Process What is your current situation? How would you like it to be? Do you have a choice? Yes, always yes. What are your options? What are the likely outcomes of each option? Which are you willing to Commit to? And we can use the Wise Choice Proess Teach and practice with a neighbor. 20 minutes. (Glasser, 1998)
Elyse Pratt-Ronco, Ph.D. elyse.pratt@maine.edu Please contact me: Elyse Pratt-Ronco, Ph.D. elyse.pratt@maine.edu