With thanks to our school counselor Lindsay for sharing this resource…
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Dyslexia is the most common learning disability in the United States. It’s not about lacking comprehension, having a low IQ or being deprived of a good education. It’s about having a really hard time reading.
Click the following link to access NPR’s Special Series on Dyslexia: Unlocking Dyslexia
NPR’s Rachel Martin talks with Jim Hopper, a teaching associate at Harvard Medical School, about sexual assault and its effects on the brain: The Effects Of Sexual Assault On The Brain
With thanks to Marcus for passing this on.
The Curve of Forgetting describes how we retain or get rid of information that we take in. It’s based on a one-hour lecture.
Read on here: Curve of Forgetting | Campus Wellness
From July 2017. Sadly, not really outdated.
Last spring, I started referring to Neurodiversity when topics around learning differences came up in conversations, often in the context of the Learning and Metacognition component of our Human Development Department curriculum.
This fall, I’ve continued incorporating this language into the work I’m doing, particularly in creating our school’s Statement on Equity and Community.
It’s been interesting to see the reactions people are having to this term. It’s clear people need more information, so here’s some. Enjoy!
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Brain-based education is actually a “no-brainer.” Here’s a simple, but essential premise: the brain is intimately involved in, and connected with, everything educators and students do at school. Any disconnect is a recipe for frustration and potentially disaster. Brain-based education is best understood in three words: engagement, strategies and principles. You must engage your learners and do it with strategies that are based on real science. (I’m a big fan of cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology and other mind/brain sciences).
What is brain-based education? It’s simple: it’s the engagement of strategies based on how our brain works.
Click through for Brain-Based Learning Strategies!
New research reveals the connection between stress, poverty and brain development in children.
Source: How Poverty Affects the Brain
