1. Shaping Brains Project Sheryl Batchelor, Project Manager

2. 2 Who we are We are Australia’s first charity We are an independent, non-religious organisation established in 1813 We have been a catalyst for social change for 200 years, tackling some of Australia’s most difficult issues –eg. Lobbying to abolish child labour campaigning and for the introduction of the old age pension Through our work we help people to change their lives Through our advocacy work we influence policy to fight for a fairer Australia

3. 3 Can neuroscience help educators to teach students how to learn?

4. 4 Bottlenecks to learning Emotional regulation Attention skills Executive functioning skills Visual and auditory processing skills Theory of mind Mindsets Reward systems

5. Programs we are trialling Changing Brains Playgroup Cogmed MindUP

6. Changing Brains Playgroup

7. Vision * Hearing * Motor Skills * Attention * Language * Reading * Maths * Music * Emotions and Learning

8. 8 Cogmed JM & RM

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10. 10 MindUP

11. Building Blocks of MindUP Social Emotional Learning Social Emotional Learning Neuroscience Positive Psychology Mindful Education

12. Prefrontal Cortex ( executive function, planning complex cognitive behavior, personality expression, decision- making and moderating correct social behavior) Prefrontal Cortex ( executive function, planning complex cognitive behavior, personality expression, decision- making and moderating correct social behavior) Amygdala (encodes emotional messages for long- term storage in the brain) Amygdala (encodes emotional messages for long- term storage in the brain) Hippocampus (compares new learning to past learning and encodes information from working memory to long- term storage) Hippocampus (compares new learning to past learning and encodes information from working memory to long- term storage) Reticular Activating System (filters ALL sensory input to the brain) Reticular Activating System (filters ALL sensory input to the brain) The MindUP Brain

13. Reticular Activating System Millions of bits of sensory data available every second ONLY about 2000 bits get through the RAS each second The RAS

14. Stress in Children Blame the Brain, Not the Child FREEZE Withdrawn from class FIGHT Disruptive in class FLIGHT Distracted during class The Amygdala

15. The Hippocampus Old information and new information are thought to be stored away in different areas of the cerebral cortex, or the "gray matter” of the brain. The hippocampus is one of the more important parts of the brain that processes memories.

16. The Prefrontal Cortex The “Thinking Brain” integrates affective and cognitive processes that controls decision-making, moderates cognitive functions, and corrects social behavior.

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19. Mindful Education Listening Seeing Smelling Tasting Movement

20. Positive Psychology Choosing Optimism Expressing Gratitude Performing Acts of Kindness

21. Links to home

22. Where to from here: Evaluation of the Project Trial new programs as they come on-line Qld Brain Institute

23. Websites www.cogmed.com.au www.junglememory.com www.changingbrains.org www.brainrules.net www.thehawnfoundation.org

24. Sheryl Batchelor Project Manager Acacia Ridge Early Years Centre 67 Nyngam Street Acacia Ridge QLD 4110 07 3320 8420 0466 737 396 sherylb@bensoc.org.au www.shapingbrains.org.au