This session will illustrate how developing mindfulness can influence decision-making.
Self-Care Series: The Power to Be Calm
Family Brain Breaks Series: Play Time & Down Time
In this series, experience Brain Breaks as a family. Thirty minutes of interactive Breathe, Move, Rest strategies will be provided for your family.
Power of Mindfulness Series: Mindful Speech & Action
This experiential session Mindful Speech and Action will focus on the difference between mindful and non-mindful speech and action. This will be primarily for youth, grades: 6th-12th.
Heart, Mind & Body: Saving Superman – Focusing on Educator Self-Care
Panelists Dr. Victor Carrion, Teri Lawler, Kennard Branch moderated by Chi Kim
Saving Superman – The Importance of Educator Self Care, Now More Than Ever. This session was selected by SXSW EDU on the SEL Track. Since the conference was canceled, we wanted to the bring this panel to you. Join panelists: Dr. Victor Carrion, Stanford Medicine, Teri Lawler, Delaware Department of Education, and Kennard Branch Principal of Garfield Prep Academy in DC Public Schools as they discuss how developing an evidence based integrated model of educator self care is critical for the care of our nation’s 55+ million learners. Hear from state and district leaders who are making this a priority.
Self-Care Series: Strategies to Increase Energy and Vitality Part 2
This session will look at how stress depletes our energy levels. Participants will experience simple strategies to re-energize.
Stress Management for High School Students
In this 30-minute interactive session, we will share the neuroscience of stress and its impact on the body. You will learn simple strategies to alleviate stress through breath, movement & rest.
Family Brain Breaks Series: Connecting Time
In this series, experience Brain Breaks as a family. Thirty minutes of interactive Breathe, Move, Rest strategies will be provided for your family.
Power of Mindfulness Series: STOP
This session will articulate the difference between “responding” and “reacting” to a situation through the four steps of STOP. The target audience is educators and youth grades 6-12.
Heart, Mind & Body: Principal Perspective – Leading in a Time of Physical Distancing
Dawn began her service of teaching 25 years ago and has worked as a teacher for the NYC DOE teaching in Harlem, NYC for 16 years and has served as Principal of Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School (TMALS) for the past 9 years. Dawn Brooks-DeCosta, EdD will share how to incorporate culturally responsive pedagogy to maintain positive school culture during remote learning with an emphasis on the well-being of her staff, scholars and families through Ruler, Brain Breaks and Self-Care programs.
Calming Strategies for Young Children, Part 2
Kids and adults process stress differently. This session will introduce a variety of ways to help young children stay calm and happy. Children are welcome to join!
Estrategias de manejo de estrés frente a Covid-19 para estudiantes universitarios
Se hablará de neurociencia del estrés, de los problemas específicos por la situación de Covid-19 de los estudiantes universitarios y se proporcionarán estrategias de calma para afrontarlo.
Family Brain Breaks Series: Focus Time
In this series, experience Brain Breaks as a family. Thirty minutes of interactive Breathe, Move, Rest strategies will be provided for your family.
Heart, Mind & Body: Understanding Grief and Adaptation to COVID Loss
The current pandemic is taking a large toll in human lives. Dr. Shear will provide a model for understanding grief and adaptation to loss, discuss the unique challenges to adaption posed by a Covid-19 loss, and suggest ways to promote adaptation.
Power of Mindfulness Series: Body, Breath & Mind, Part 2
This experiential session Body, Breath and Mind, Part 2: Taking in the Good will increase understanding that, Taking in the Good, can be used to commit positive experiences to long-term memory. This will be primarily for Youth, grades: 6th-12th.
Heart, Mind & Body: The Impact of Stress & Ways to Build Resilience
Join us for a live webinar with Goldie Hawn. She is an Academy Award winning actress, producer, director, best-selling author and true children’s advocate. She is also the Founder of The Goldie Hawn Foundation. Working with leading neuroscientists, educators, psychologists and researchers, the Foundation developed MindUP ™ an evidence-based curriculum and teaching model for grades K-12 that provide tools to help children self-regulate and understand their own emotions, moods and behaviors; reduce stress and anxiety; sharpen concentration; increase empathy; and improve academic performance.
Adapting Brain Breaks for Young Learners with Special Needs
By special request from attendees: During this 45-minute webinar, Erin will share a few strategies to modify Brain Breaks for young learners with special needs.