The purpose of this summation is to share with educators, faculty and students how educational neuroscience was implemented in grades three, four, five and sixRead More »Educational Neuroscience/ Brain and Trauma Summation of first semester Dr. Lori Desautels 12/13/2016
Research from Dr. Bruce Perry “Resilient children are made, not born!” Those 49 techniques that promise to get you into college are meaningless and shortRead More »Focused Attention Practices and New Research on the Stress Response System
Trauma, Adversity and the Stress Response Systems! Brain Hijack! Dr. Lori Desautels College of Education Butler University Spring 2017 Trauma often times occurs in theRead More »Adversity Trauma and What we Can do in the Classroom!!
As parents, educators, students, and as a community, we can no longer ignore the research on the state of mental and emotional health of ourRead More »Adversity, Stress, Poverty and Learning! Letter to our Community!
Social Brains, Discipline, and Regulation! As I ponder, rethink and implement discipline supports and resources into our nation’s schools, I am reminded of the researchRead More »Brains, Discipline and Adversity! We have to look at how negative experiences shape the brain!
August 2016 Dr. Lori Desautels After completing our initial educational neuroscience graduate course at Butler University, and completing a yearlong Brain Initiative with the WashingtonRead More »Why Educational Neuroscience in the Classroom?
Social and Emotional Learning Series for Edutopia There isn’t a more profound scene in the film Inside Out than the death of Bing Bong, Riley’sRead More »The Adolescent Brain: Leaving Childhood Behind
Social and Emotional Learning Series for Edutopia Neuroscience research suggests that emotions are contagious. Our brains are social organs, and we are wired for relationships.Read More »Contagious Emotions and Responding to Stress
Social and Emotional Learning Series for Edutopia In the film Inside Out, 11-year-old Riley holds several islands of personality in her brain. These islands wereRead More »Islands of Personality and Trains of Thought
Social and Emotional Learning Series for Edutopia We all create core memories. When we encounter an experience with heightened emotion, our memory systems remember theRead More »Creating Core Memories in the Classroom