Unlocking Cognitive Potential: Getting the Brain Online for Learning
Date:
October 16 @ 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Price:
Instructor(s):
Gillian Boudreau & Aaron Lanou
Event Type:
Virtual
Professional Learning Hours:
3
Topics:
- General Education
Intended Audience:
Anyone who works with or interfaces with schools, including PK-12 classroom teachers, special educators, SLPs, OTs, coaches and consultants, school counselors and social workers, paraprofessionals, and administrators.
A typical school day is full of static that can drain students’ ability to think and learn. Not being sure where materials are, having directions introduced in a confusing way, or having too much presented at one time can cause stress that interferes with learning. In this webinar we will discuss how to free up your students’ emotional bandwidth and then help them channel it using specific, effective learning and regulation tools. We will also explore how to use cognitive science and psychology to regulate and engage the brain, structure dynamic lessons, and create supports using a Universal Design for Learning perspective.
Participants will:
- Rethink and rewire patterns in well-meaning classrooms that can prevent safety and whole-brain-capacity.
- Develop teaching strategies to offer structure, challenge, and opportunity.
- Identify working memory strategies that address cognitive load, use visuals and chunking, and scaffold.
