Encourage Stronger Executive Functioning & Emotional-Regulation Skills from the Comfort of Your Home
Now, more than ever, students need knowledge, tools and activities to manage the dysregulation that has come along with sudden schedule and social changes. In light of the Safer at Home order, you might be finding yourself at a loss for how to manage big feelings of worry, or struggling to help your children make sense of their emotions and reactions. To help, we are excited to partner with The Brain Talk Curriculum to give parents, teachers and therapists a wonderful resource to teach how the downstairs brain and upstairs brain communicate for stronger executive functioning* and emotional-regulation skills**.
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WHAT IS THE BRAIN TALK CURRICULUM?
Brain Talk is an eight-unit curriculum that personifies key parts of the brain into relatable characters and explains how these parts of the brain communicate in order to mindfully respond instead of impulsively react. Explore videos and leveled activities to help students understand the conversation between their downstairs and upstairs brains when they feel impulses.
Myg, or the amygdala, is the part of the brain that triggers avoid impulses. If the brain senses some kind of threat, even if it comes from being told, “No more ice cream!” it gives you a Myg Moment to fight, flee, or freeze.
Buster, or the basal pleasure-and-reward circuit, is the part of the brain that triggers seek impulses. If the brain senses an opportunity, even if the perceived opportunity breaks the rules, it gives you a Buster Bam to grab-and-gulp the immediate reward.
Ms. Hipp, or the hippocampus, is the brain’s personal memory librarian. It keeps track of past experiences to help determine how we should act in the future.
The Professor, or the prefrontal cortex, is the brain’s goal-setter and plan-maker. It helps us pause impulses, come up with options for how to respond, and choose the best option in order to reach our goals.
Brain Talk pairs perfectly with mindfulness activities and social-emotional learning programs. It is a great resource for virtual or home-based learning, especially since it doesn’t require any prior brain background knowledge.
*Executive functioning is the use of critical thinking skills in the upstairs brain to engage in goal oriented, self-regulated behavior.
**Emotional-regulation involves awareness of your emotional state and the ability to respond mindfully even in the midst of big feelings.
