SMARTER CHOICES: Brain-Compatible Elementary K-5

These colorful presentations will engage, activate and prepare the young mind for more complex learning later in school. Each of them focuses on instructional strategies and each does it from a different point of view.

You can expect to get practical strategies you can use with the science background, too.

Choose from:
•Upgrading the Student Brain •Tools for Engagement
•Teaching with the Brain in Mind •Fierce Teaching - 7 Factors That Matter Most

BETTER CHOICES:
Brain-Compatible Grades 6-12

Focused on the adolescent and teen years, these are chock full of insights. Any of these presentations are focused on better learning and better behaviors.

Learn to understand the age group, then you can engage, activate and prepare them for the future.

Each presentation focuses on both insights and instructional strategies. Each takes a different point of view. You can expect to get practical strategies you can use with the science background, too.

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•Secrets of the Teenage Brain •How Teaching Changes Brains •Fierce Teaching - 7 Factors That Matter Most •Upgrading the Student Brain •Tools for Engagement •Teaching with the Brain in Mind •Oppositional & Conduct Disorders •Memory and Recall Success

INSIGHTS & SOLUTIONS: Brain-Based Curriculum

These targeted presentations help present a case for certain types of curriculum. Each can enable greater complex learning later in school.

Unless teachers know the “why” of a strategy, they’re less likely to use it again and again.

The focus is on arts and physical activity. Each of them focuses on instructional strategies and each does it from a different point of view. You can expect to get practical strategies you can use with the science background, too.

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•Compelling Case for Visual Arts •Compelling Case for Musical Arts •Secrets of the Teenage Brain •Arts with the Brain in Mind •Exercise and Recess: The Real Science •Enrichment for Learning •Nutrition for the Learning Brain

CAREER BOOST:
Mastery Level for Professional Development

These are for the more advanced presenter. These all require background from the book Teaching with the Brain in Mind. These can all give you a deeper, richer understanding of your subject area.

In addition, you’ll also be able to deepen and broaden your skill set. Each is a must for those who consider themselves “ahead of the crowd.”

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•How to Implement Brain-Based Education •Principles to Strategies • Stress and Memory •7 Discoveries: curious about what’s new in the world of neuroscience? •Arts with the Brain in Mind •Compelling Case for Visual Arts • Emotions, Glucose & Memory •Compelling Case for Musical Arts •Can Stress and Learning Co-Exist?

INSIGHTS & SOLUTIONS: Special Needs & Exceptional Students

Compared to a more typical or healthy brain, these kids have brain differences that make school a unique challenge. See the brain scans and get the solutions you need. When you understand the differences, you can also understand what they mean and which strategies will turn a struggling student into a success story.

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•Fragile Brains Overview •Enrichment for Learning
•Learned Helplessness •Upgrading the Student Brain
•Dyslexia Insights & Solutions •Asperger's: Insights & Solutions •Oppositional & Conduct Disorders •AD/HD Insight and Solutions •Nutrition for the Learning Brain

INSIGHTS & SOLUTIONS:
For Students From Poverty

Kids who grow up in poverty have unique cognitive, emotional and behavioral challenges. These presentations invite you to discover what’s different and what you can do to help these kids succeed.

You can turn D and F students into B and A students—if you know how! Every presentation is backed by science, packed with practical strategies and overflowing with hope.

Choose from:
•Teaching with Poverty in Mind •Secrets of the Teenage Brain • Oppositional & Conduct Disorders •Upgrading the Student Brain •Tools for Engagement •AD/HD Insight and Solutions •Teaching with the Brain in Mind •Arts with the Brain in Mind