KNOW vs. Can DO Helping our students Do what they Know A little - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
KNOW vs. Can DO Helping our students Do what they Know A little - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
KNOW vs. Can DO Helping our students Do what they Know A little help from the brain But who am I? Our Map 3 Brains How is this true? Connection to the body Kids do well if they CAN Timeline Private Logic
Helping our students Do what they “Know”
A little help from the brain But who am I?
Kids do well if they CAN
How is this true?
Behavior IS Information Classroom Application
What does that look like?
➢ 3 Brains ➢ Connection to the body ➢ Timeline
What is it saying?
➢ Private Logic ➢ Growth Edge ➢ Do Calm ➢ Loan Calm ➢ Practice Calm ➢ Identify Lagging Skills
Our Map
“Kids do well if they CAN”
Ross Greene
How is this true?
The 3 Brain Reason
Cortex Limbic Region Brainstem
The KNOW Brain- Cortex
Key Concepts-
- Potential /Ready at birth
- Experience creates pathways
○ Fire together, Wire together
- Conscious awareness
- ~5% of behavior
- 25 years to fully develop
- When integrated, regulates
subcortical regions
The DO Brain - Limbic Region
Key Concepts-
- Functional at birth
- Assessing survival
○ Guides attention
- Emotional center
- Role in learning/memory
- Closed feedback system
- Role in activating- ANS
The DO/BE Brain- Brainstem
Key Concepts-
- Mature at full term birth
- Functionally autonomic,
involuntary & reflexive
- Vital organs
- Most primitive structure
Key Architecture-
- Vagal Nerve
The Body is the Unconscious Mind (~95%)
Parasympathetic Relaxed Open Interested Exploring Sympathetic Tense Self-protecting Vigilant Reactive
The Neurobiological Timeline
- 2yrs
5yrs 15yrs 25yrs
At birth, 89 billion single neurons
Kids do well if they CAN Ross Greene What do you now know about the brain that supports this statement?
The Cortex
The knowing part Constructed by experience ~ 5% of behavior - Conscious
Limbic Region/Brainstem
The doing/being parts Mature at birth- directs survival ~ 95% of behavior - Unconscious
Let’s Move This “Know”ledge Into the “Do”-ing Brain
Baby Suzy
I feel ___________________ I am ___________________ Care-givers are __________ Life is __________________
Baby Joe
I feel ___________________ I am ___________________ Care-givers are __________ Life is __________________
Take a few moments- Jot down reactions Who came to mind? Any ah-ha’s? Share
(Mis)Behavior IS Information
“Emotions” are a peptide communication system that motivates behavior
Candace Pert
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A chain of amino acids = Peptide
tryptophan, tyrosine, phenylalanine = Serotonin
Private Logic
Neuropathways constructed through experiences before 5 years old. It was adaptive. It makes sense. Learn the story Connect to the logic, validate, and inform
Growth Edge
We DO what experience has constructed as a pathway to keep us safe in our most emotionally laden environments Where students are not doing what they “know” a.k.a. The Rules , THAT is where the paved path ends
Classroom APPLICATION So HOW “do” we use this “know”ledge?
First, Understand
Do/Be the Calm
Then, integrate your Know, Do brains
- Self-Care
○ Mindfulness Practices ○ Relaxation Practices
- Self-Awareness
○ Identify when you are being hi-jacked into your Do/Be Brain System ○ Know what stress feels like in your body ○ Do your remedies ○ Check your beliefs
Loan the Calm
Resonance
Right to Right
Loan the calm- ASK
- 1. Am I in my calm?
- 2. How can I loan my calm?
- 3. How is this behavior showing me where the pathway ends?
- 4. Which need is not being met? (yours and the student’s...
triggering threat alarms)
- 5. What skill is lagging?
- 6. Wonder WITH THE STUDENT about strategies to practice
the new/desired behavior?
Loan the calm- Identify the Lagging Skills
Ross Greene, Livesinthebalance.org
➢ Transition ➢ Sequencing ➢ Sense of Time ➢ Focus ➢ Connecting Consequences ➢ Expressing Needs ➢ Emotional Regulation ➢ Cognitive Distortion ➢ Social Cues ➢ Empathy ➢ Perspective Taking ➢ Sensory/Motor ➢ Appropriate Attention Seeking ➢ Multiple Solutions ➢ Deviating from Rules/ Gray Zone
Practice the Calm
➢ Name it to Tame it ➢ The Body Scan ➢ Time-In ➢ Belly Surfing ➢ The Happy Place ➢ Object Grounding ➢ Cloud Gazing ➢ Shift Happens ➢ Develop Common Language
Develop Common Language
Recap
➔ Kids do well if they can ◆ 3 Brain centers ◆ 2 Autonomic Nervous Systems ◆ Timeline ➔ Behavior is Information ◆ Communication System
- Use it
➔ Classroom Strategies ◆ Do the calm ◆ Loan your calm
- Ask questions
- Id. lagging skills
◆ Practice the calm
Resources & References
- Cozolino. L. (2013). Social Neuroscience in Education
Green, R.W. (2008). Lost at School Green, R. W. www.livesinthebalance.org Harvard University. Center of the Developing Child https://developingchild.harvard.edu Olsen, K. (2013). The Invisible Classroom Pert, C. B. (1997). Molecules of Emotion. The science behind mind-body medicine. Siegel, D. (2013). Brainstorm: the Power of the Teenage Brain Souers, K. & Hall, P. (2016). Fostering Resilient Learners