Brain-Based Clinical Interventions
Establishing clear therapeutic goals in school counseling can be tricky. Often, school counselors receive referrals for students exhibiting behavioral challenges. A key hurdle is precisely identifying the underlying skill deficits and developing effective intervention plans. This presentation addresses this challenge by highlighting crucial executive functioning skills that significantly influence positive student behavior and offers practical […]
Maintaining Your Own Regulation
Teaching in today’s schools can be very frustrating. The last thing we want to do is let our frustration negatively impact our students. This presentation helps one understand the science behind stress and how stress can affect our brains and bodies. By the end of the presentation, you will have started to create a self-regulation […]
One Step at a Time: Setting and Achieving Healthy Goals in a Realistic Way
Personal health and wellness are frequently not prioritized until we find more time on our schedule to accommodate them (which rarely happens). We know that they are vital to maintaining our own resilience and managing our own regulation/co-regulation during stressful situations. This presentation will explore simple, straightforward health and wellness options such as nutrition, movement, […]
A Trauma-Informed Perspective on Staff Self-Care
With the increasing trauma and stress our students are experiencing, so is the stress level on our school staff. It is important to understand and recognize the impact that stress and secondary traumatic stress have on ourselves and our colleagues. This presentation will discuss and identify trauma-informed tools and strategies to mitigate ongoing stressors and […]
Mental Health Considerations in the Classroom Through a Trauma-Informed Lens
Managing classroom behaviors is challenging but may be more so when working with students who have mental health issues. Teachers are not mental health professionals but can be equipped with strategies to implement if they encounter students manifesting signs or symptoms of mental illness. This includes the importance of a multidisciplinary team to best support […]
Fidgets
Fidgets can be a helpful tool to help some students stay regulated and focused during the school day. The key is to find the right fidget. This presentation will explore different kinds of sensory experiences that a variety of fidgets can help meet students’ needs. It also covers how to utilize fidgets through a universal […]
Preventative Regulation Breaks for Individual Students
Often breaks for an individual student with challenging behaviors can truly help or can make things worse. This presentation will discuss the important role of regulation breaks in helping students to perform academically. Learn when and how to give breaks and the types of activities during a break that can help students become regulated, and […]
A Deep Dive into Brain Breaks
Do you ever have times when your students are having a hard time listening or paying attention? This presentation will take a deep dive exploring the uses and purposes of a brain break. We will examine how to best assess, in the moment, what kind of brain break your students need. We will also look […]
Calming Spaces: A Safe Place for Self-Regulation
Going through a school day can be stressful for many students. This presentation will show how having a calming space in the classroom can be a pivotal tool and routine for helping all students learn to manage their stress and regulate their emotions and behavior. Whatever age group you work with, you will leave equipped […]
Reframing Student Defiance and Aggression
Do you feel stressed when faced with difficult student behaviors? Both defiance and aggression will be explored through a brain-based lens that offers understanding and practical approaches for teachers. We begin with a review that all behavior is communicating something; challenging behaviors communicate perceived stress. Following this, we review NeuroLogic’s principles of sequential dysregulation and […]