Brain States: Learning to Read Children

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Brain States Learning to Read Childrens
Behaviors
A Conscious Discipline Presentation
Presented by Belinda Lorch, CDCI BrainBridge
Connections with Conscious Discipline
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Sound familiar?
Mom, shes touching me! I HATE math! Why do
I have to unload the dishwasher? He took my
doll! I never get to do anything
fun! Aaaaaaaaaaaaa! Moooooooom! Youre the
worst mom in the world!! I hate you!
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Q.T.I.P. METHOD

• QUIT
• TAKING
• IT
• PERSONALLY

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Survival State
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S.T.A.R. Stop Take a deep breath And Relax
Youre safe. Breathe with me. You can handle
this.
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Emotional State

• COMPLAINING
• Moooomm, when are we going to get there
• JUDGMENT
• She always get to sit in the front
• BLAMING
• He is touching me
• Namecalling, Whining and Tattling

Developmental Age 15 months-4 years old
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Emotional State
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Executive State (Problem Solving)
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These skills are only accessible when the child
is responding from their executive state

• Child does not start assignments (dilly dallies)
  and is not finished
• Child is constantly off task in that time
  disrupts others
• Child hits, pushes, grabs in his interaction with
  others
• Child is verbally abusive to others
  disrespectful to teacher

• Attention- sustain in spite of distractibility
• Time Management
• Organization
• Planning/Prioritization
• Working Memory- hold info in memory while doing
  tasks
• Impulse Control- think before you act
• Flexibility- revise plans
• Empathy- see from anothers point of view
• Metacognition- observe self
• Goal Achievement- follow through
• Task Initiation

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When you feel stressed you lose access
to Pre-Frontal Lobe Skills Children who have
A.D.D. 20 less of these skills to begin with.
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Frontal Lobe Development

• Just before age 2 development begins
• 4 ½ - 8 Big growth spurt
• 11-12 Another growth spurt
• Teen (13 16) Offline
• 18 19 Frontal Lobe comes back online
• 25 Fully Matured!!

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Life comes at us through our Limbic System
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