Sizzling New 2-Day Workshop

Enriching the Brains of Poverty

The New Science of Academic Achievement for Low-Income Students

Curriculum and Course Outline

DAY ONE

• How experience changes the brain
• Genes or Environment—What matters most now?
• Poverty—the 5-part circle of despair
• Which factors are reversible, and which are not?
• 10 Ways to instantly evaluate student problems
• The single greatest problem (and opportunity)!
• The 5 most likely brain disorders are…(do you know?)
• How and where you can make positive changes

DAY TWO
Jensen’s Unique 5-part Success System

1. Instructional Secrets for Brains of Poverty
2. Environmental Conditions that matter most
3. Nutrition that works wonders
4. Influencing the Home Environment
5. The Power of "Cerebral Synergy"

• Putting it all together
• Taking the Plan to School

Intended Audience

This all-new course is for any educator, from pre-K through adult who works with students of poverty. Is your school ranked low in student achievement? Understanding why and how your student’s brains work (or fail to work) can give you the tools you need to trigger a positive learning revolution!

YOUR REGISTRATION GIVES YOU:

-13 hours of differentiated, idea-packed, quality instruction

-A priceless networking directory. Get countless connections for support in the field. Learn from others and gain support.

-An idea-packed notebook--practical and full of references.

-Morning and afternoon beverages Coffee and juice included in the morning, soft drinks and snacks in the afternoon.

-A signed certificate of attendance showing you attended and participated.

What Can You Do?

Poverty can make devastating, chronic changes in the human brain. But, there are powerful solutions that hundreds of schools have successfully implemented that clearly demonstrate students from poverty can achieve. To make these changes, you need three things:

1. First you need HOPE based on the science, not fantasy. This can only come from staff that truly understand and believe in the potential of students from poverty. This cutting edge staff development program provides tons of science-based hope that fuels enthusiasm and positive morale.
2. Second, you need the facts. You’ll get the real science behind the effects of poverty on the brain. Learn what forces shape and change the impoverished brain.
3. Finally, you’ll get brain-based strategies that not only change the brain, but just may change you!

In this Amazing Workshop, You Will:

• Discover how to skyrocket student performance
• Reduce classroom stress
• Transform frustration and drudgery
• Return to work armed with knowledge and practical skills
• GET STARTED NOW helping your students

What You Don’t Know About Poverty Can Hurt…Everyone!

Poverty has been analyzed and studied for years. The results are in: poverty changes brains. But do you know how it does the damage? Here are six of the many ways:

• Nutritional deficits. A myriad of food deficiencies lead to chronic behavioral, emotional and cognitive problems.
• Emotional Support. Unfortunately, these students need support the most and get it the least.
• Stress/Distress. There are far more daily stressors for those in poverty and they have fewer resources to deal with them.
• Health Issues. A constant challenge for the poor, staying healthy is but a dream for most. But health affects everything.
• Cognitive Stimulation. These students get less frequent and lower levels of quality intellectual fueling.
• Safety Issues. These students are chronically unsafe, leading to changes in their brain.

Here’s Why You’ll Want to Attend:

You can succeed if you have the knowledge, the resources and the hope. This course reveals exactly why students struggle with learning and specifically what you can do about it. You will learn how to reach more students, more often, with greater predictability.

Recent studies suggest as many as 20% of America’s students are from poverty. This means over 10 million children from K-12 are victims of a wide range of negative, synergistic factors that debilitate the brain and often cause underperformance. But this workshop is different. It shows you the science behind poverty AND the practical strategies to succeed with every student at your school.

Many students live in poverty, but only Eric Jensen gives you the brain-based connections and will teach you a wealth of practical strategies to simplify your job and help you focus on success.

TAKE THIS MIND-BOGGLING WORKSHOP AND LEARN:

• Are breakfast choices triggering problems in your class?
• Why some students can’t pay attention
• How hope can trigger positive chemical changes in the brain
• 21 specific activities that can help improve learning, memory, nd emotional intelligence
• The critical missteps to avoid
• Why positive social bonding is vital for most learners
• How to transform staff helplessness into positive empowerment
• How to help hyperactive children succeed without drugs
• The connection between nutrition, diet, exercise, and lighting
• How to reach students who are hooked on anger
• The shocking impact of stress on student learning
• Step-by-step methods for retraining the injured brain
• How to improve cognition and reduce hostility with the arts
• How to immediately pinpoint the most probable causes of a student’s erratic academic performance
• Why most discipline programs fail and what you can do about it.
• Little-known facts about brains of poverty
• Learn how to easily reduce classroom problems by 20-30%
• Why some students learn less the harder they try
• How many schools are damaging student brains
• How your school can reduce student declines within 30 days
• How parent’s eating habits impact their child’s growing brain
• The true effects of drug abuse on children
• How to distinguish true hyperactivity from acting out behaviors
• When to refer a student for psychological/medical evaluation-and when this may be a waste of time and money
• How to train parents to help their children learn and achieve

Armed with this knowledge, you'll discover how easy it can be to transform a D or F student into a solid B student.

This workshop is especially powerful for you if your school is not performing up to standards. Why? Because you'll get the powerhouse tools you need the most to help create a school-wide turnaround.

Come to the workshop. Bring your supervisor, principal, colleagues, and even a policy-maker! But register soon, the word’s out already.