1. what recent brain research tells us about how fear and trauma impact learning March 2015 Mary-Catherine Bailey-McKenna, M.Ed., M.A., B.Ed., R. Psychologist www.ctc1990.com

2. Workshop Goals S self-initiated and self-maintained M measurable A achievable R realistic T transferable 

3. Learning 

4. What impacts learning?

5. Brain Development 3-6yr 1-4yr 6mo-2yr 0-9mo*  attachment sensory emotional thinking

6. FEAR Fear

7. Brain Systems (Primary, Secondary) State is.. Plans for..Does … Fight/ Flight Response is … Freeze/ Surrender Response is.. Acts and Thinks like … Responds to … Neo Cortex Cortex Calm Extended Future Thinking / Reflective Rest 30 year old – 15 year old Adult/ Adolescent Talk, Ideas Cortex Limbic Alert Days / Hours Thinking / Learning (Concrete) VigilanceAvoidance 15 year old – 8 year old Adolescent/ Child Talk, Engaged Learning Limbic Midbrain Alarm Hours / MinutesEmotion Resistance (Crying) Compliant (Robotic) 8 year old - 3 year old Child/Toddler Play, Engaged Learning, Metaphors Midbrain Brain Stem Fear Minutes Seconds Reactive Defiance (Tantrums) Fetal Rocking 3 year old – 1 year old Toddler/ Infant Doing, Cues Brain Stem Autonomic Terror Loss of Sense of Time ReflexiveAggressionFainting 1 year old – newborn Infant/ Newborn Safety Cues (non-verbal) Fear Response www.childtraumaacademy.com

8. www.teachingrefugees.com Social Community Supports / Supports Resources / Cues and Strategies Fear Response

9. Trauma 

10. List some types of traumatic events.

11. Trauma www.childtraumaacademy.com

12. http://www.psychologyinaction.org/

13. ACE: H/S 30 Students # Students # ACE 06 15 26 33 4545 7 6+3 robertandamd.com

14. PTSD www.traumacentre.org

15. Regulate Relate Reason Engage www.thinkkids.org

16. Play the “Regulate” Game. www.ctc1990.com

17. calming moving thinking  calming the senses  stepping back  being with someone Regulate

18. Relate www.allanschore.com        l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l

19. Sources & Resources Dr. Stuart Ablon, http://thinkkids.orghttp://thinkkids.org Dr. Robert Anda, www.robertandamd.comwww.robertandamd.com MC Bailey-McKenna, www.ctc1990.comwww.ctc1990.com Dr. John Briere, www.johnbriere.comwww.johnbriere.com Calgary Board of Education, www.teachingrefugees.comwww.teachingrefugees.com Heart Math Institute, www.heartmath.com/institute-of-heartmath/www.heartmath.com/institute-of-heartmath/ Leah Kuypers, www.zonesofregulation.com/ www.zonesofregulation.com/ Dr. Gordon Neufeld, www.neufeldinstitute.com www.neufeldinstitute.com Dr. Bruce Perry, www.childtraumaacademy.com www.childtraumaacademy.com Dr. Allan Schore, www.allanschore.com/articles.php (2009) Relational Trauma and the Developing Right Brain: The neurobiology of broken attachment bonds www.allanschore.com/articles.php Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, www.traumacenter.orgwww.traumacenter.org