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MORNING PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS 1. Brain-Based Teaching Strategies to Engage Students’ Minds and Memory This presentation will cover such topics as using advances in neuroscience research to ignite students' engagement, maximizing and maintaining attention and focus, determining an appropriate level of challenge for all students, and strategies to increase memory retrieval. 2. The Neuropsychology of Motivation: What Brain Sciences Tells Us About Motivating Children and Adolescents The workshop will focus on the brain’s “motivational system” and will discuss various neurological and other physiological factors that contribute to individual differences in motivation. It will also explore motivational challenges associated with a number of childhood disorders, and the development of self-motivation as part of the more general process of acquiring the self-understanding and self-regulatory skills that young people need in order to clarify their goals and take the necessary steps to pursue them. 3. Complementary and Alternative Interventions for ADHD for Parents and Teachers This workshop will explore the latest in alternative and complementary treatments to improve ADHD symptoms in children and adults, such as neurofeedback, nutrition, exercise, and working-memory training. 4. Brain Anatomy 101-- An Introduction to the Brain and Neurosciences Equip yourself with a basic understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the brain and learning and discuss the relationship between education, emotions, and neuroscience, promising directions for applying neuroscience in the classroom, and the role of educators in shaping the future of cognitive neuroscience. 5. Integrating RTI with Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Scientific Approach to Reading This workshop will examine reading from a brain-behavioral perspective, and classify reading disorders into four distinct subtypes. There will be a discussion linking each reading subtype with scores of evidence-based interventions. The use of neuropsychological assessment within a 4-tiered response to intervention (RTI) system will be discussed as the primary means to pinpoint specific reading disorders in children. 6. Managing “The Flow” of Attention to Increase Learning Are your students in an attentive state to learn? If not, your first job is to get them in such a state because, if you don’t, no amount of great teaching will cause learning to take place! State management—especially managing the “flow” of attention—is thus a crucial aspect of quality teaching; unfortunately, it is an area in which most teachers have little or no training. In this informative workshop, find out how you can use concepts like “crest of the wave” and “press and release” and tools like music, movement, effective directions, and state changes to get students’ attention when you want it, to help students focus on academic tasks when they need to, and to maximize the amount of time they spend in positive learning states—all in a fun, interactive learning environment. JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY “ATTENTION & ENGAGEMENT” SUMMIT “Attention and Engagement in Learning” Second Annual Summit In conjunction with the Learning & the Brain Conference, The Johns Hopkins University School of Education will host a summit and roundtable discussion on Attention and Engagement in Learning at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, MD. The summit will explore current findings on the topic of attention and student engagement and to frame a research agenda to inform educational practice at school, home and the community. As a Learning & the Brain Conference attendee, you receive a special invitation to attend this event as well as the conference. The summit in Baltimore, Maryland, is easily accessible from the Hyatt Hotel in Washington, D.C. by Amtrak train from Union Station (located a couple blocks from the Hyatt Hotel). “MEETING OF THE MINDS” RECEPTION Enjoy this opportunity to meet other attendees and some of the nation's brightest minds. Also, neuroscientists Michael Posner, PhD, and Patricia Quinn, MD, will be in attendance to sign their books. Advance registration required on the registration form. |
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