an introduction to neuroscience for educators
Our Neuroscience for Educators workshop is the starting point for the Primary School Wellbeing Pathway. In this two-hour workshop, educators will be introduced to key neuroscience concepts and explore practical applications for the classroom. Focus is on supporting student wellbeing, building resilience, and helping to create a positive learning environment. Throughout the workshop participants will reflect upon their own teaching practice, considering the impact of the school environment and their own interactions and communication on students’ developing brains.
Note: Introduction to Neuroscience for Educators is a prerequisite for all other 2 hour workshops for educators
brain talks in the Classroom
Brain Talks in the Classroom are facilitated by the Pathways team across a whole school over a number of consecutive days. These talks give students and educators the opportunity to experience key concepts and strategies explored in An Introduction to Neuroscience for Educators. The information, strategies and resources introduced during this session can be embedded immediately as part of classroom routines. Brain Talks also model the lesson structure and way of working central to the Meet Your Brain! program.
Meet Your Brain!
The Meet Your Brain! program provides teachers in the lower and upper primary classroom with a picture book and a series of seven 30-minute lessons designed to build on An Introduction to Neuroscience for Educators and Brain Talks. Lessons incorporate strategies to calm and connect students, key questions are explored through creative, practical, hands-on learning experiences, and students learn tools for self-regulation that can be used and shared both inside and outside the classroom.
Pathways staff are available to facilitate the lessons in classrooms, providing an opportunity for teachers to observe the Pathways way of working, and student engagement with the key concepts of the program.
trauma and attachment in the classroom
In this two-hour workshop, educators will gain a deeper understanding of the brain state associated with trauma, the impact of implicit memory on the ability of these children to feel safe, and adaptive behaviours that may present themselves in a school setting. Participants will be provided with strategies that can help to bring balance and safety to the experience of children who have been impacted by trauma or disrupted attachment and enable them to move from survival to learning.
Please note: All two-hour workshops require An Introduction to Neuroscience for Educators to be attended as a prerequisite.
an introduction to mindfulness
This two-hour experiential workshop builds on An Introduction to Neuroscience for Educators, by providing participants with tools and strategies to regulate themselves, increase their self-awareness and respond mindfully to daily challenges. Educators will gain an understanding of the ways in which a personal mindfulness practice can promote resilience and wellbeing, and help to build a positive learning environment. They will also explore ways to bring mindfulness into their daily lives.
Please note: All two-hour workshops require An Introduction to Neuroscience for Educators to be attended as a prerequisite.
an introduction to self-care
This two-hour interactive workshop explores the ways in which stress can impact brain function. Participants engage with reflective tools that enable them to develop both an awareness of the messages their body is communicating, and the impact of their thoughts and emotions on their wellbeing. They step through a number of processes, creative and cognitive, that can increase their capacity to regulate during stressful experiences, and explore short and long-term self-care strategies.
Please note: All two-hour workshops require An Introduction to Neuroscience for Educators to be attended as a prerequisite.
Neuroscience of Play
In this workshop, Playworkers and educators will be introduced to key neuroscience concepts and explore practical applications for playwork environments which support student wellbeing, build resilience, and help to create a positive learning environment. Throughout the workshop, participants will reflect on their own practice, considering the impact of the school outdoor play environment and their own interactions and communication on students’ developing brains.
Please note: All two-hour workshops require An Introduction to Neuroscience for Educators to be attended as a prerequisite.
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Game changing. Wish I had done this 20 years ago.
I feel better equipped to deal with students who experience dysregulation.
Engaging, informative, practical.
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