Brains at Risk and What Can We Do
Brains at Risk How May I Serve You? When you love and are passionate about what you do, you will see and experience each and every time positive results! Can a brain that has been disadvantaged by...
View ArticleBuilding Relationships = Positive and Effective Classroom Management
What do we do with students who are oppositional and easily engage in power struggles in our classrooms? First, we observe. We observe for patterns, times of day, what precipitated the outburst or...
View ArticleFind Your Inner Teacher
Below is an excerpt from an article in Pathways, Summer 2010, Volume 15, Number 2. Download entire Pathways article. Find Your Inner Teacher Next to the parents, a heart-inspired teacher is the most...
View ArticleA Response to the Chinese Tiger Mother: Children Need a Balanced Approach
Original article posted on Inside The School, January 24th, 2011 By: Lori Desautels, Ph.D. Editor’s note: In early January, the Wall Street Journal published a Saturday essay from Yale law professor...
View ArticleNew Power Points on Mind Brain Education
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View ArticleA Video Introduction About The Book
“How May I Serve You,” represents a bright beacon of hope on ways to solve the numerous problems plaguing America’s educational programs, reaching beyond the walls of schools and reform. The book...
View ArticleVulnerability: Looking Beneath the Behaviors and Words of Children and...
View Slide show: Compassion in Action Vulnerability: Looking Beneath the Behaviors and Words of Children and Adolescents who are Yearning to Feel Loved and Accepted
View ArticleInterview on WGN Radio
Listen to Author Lori Desautels discuss the book “How May I Serve You. Revelations in Education” with Bill Moller on WGN Radio in Chicago.
View ArticleListen to Lori Live! WZPL 99.5 Thursday March 1st, 7:30am
Listen in live to Lori Desautels discuss “How May I Serve You. Revelations in Education” WZPL 99.5 Thursday, March 1st, 7:30 am http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/entercom/player/?id=WZPL Had...
View ArticleRadio Interview: The Basic Needs Required for Any Student to Learn
Rae Pica with Kay Albrecht, Ph.D., Lori L Desautels, Ph.D., Peter DeWitt, Ed.D. Our guests say that if basic students’ needs are not met, learning is difficult and in some cases impossible. What are...
View ArticleThe Heart and Brain of the Matter Keynote: ISTA Early Educators Conference
We can change our behaviors: Strategies for the Social Brain. Keynote Presentation by Dr. Lori Desautels at the Indiana State Teachers Association(ISTA) Early Educators Conference. The Heart and Brain...
View ArticleHow the Brain Works, Mindfulness and Meditation Pt. 1
In this episode we discuss How the Brain Works in regards to educational neuroscience with Dr. Lori Desautels of Marian University. If you want to better understand the reasons behind student behavior...
View ArticleHow the Brain Works, Mindfulness and Meditation Pt. 2
In this episode we discuss How the Brain Works in regards to educational neuroscience with Dr. Lori Desautels of Marian University. If you want to better understand the reasons behind student behavior...
View ArticleHow Emotions Affect Learning, Behaviors, and Relationships
Social and Emotional Learning Series for Edutopia We need all of our emotions for thinking, problem solving, and focused attention. We are neurobiologically wired, and to learn anything, our minds must...
View ArticleCreating Core Memories in the Classroom
Social and Emotional Learning Series for Edutopia We all create core memories. When we encounter an experience with heightened emotion, our memory systems remember the experiences because of the...
View ArticleIslands of Personality and Trains of Thought
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 were created from her past core memories,...
View ArticleContagious Emotions and Responding to Stress
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. When we encounter or...
View ArticleThe Adolescent Brain: Leaving Childhood Behind
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’s imaginary friend. As the main character approaches her...
View ArticleWhy Educational Neuroscience in the Classroom?
August 2016 Dr. Lori Desautels After completing our initial educational neuroscience graduate course at Butler University, and completing a yearlong Brain Initiative with the Washington Township...
View ArticleSamford’s Education School Hosts ‘Neuroscience of Learning’ Conference
Original Article Published on May 03, 2017 at Samford.edu by Sara Roman More than 120 superintendents, principals and teachers throughout Alabama attended the May 2 conference, “Neuroscience of...
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