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what recent brain research tells us about how fear and trauma impact learning March 2015 Mary-Catherine Bailey-McKenna, M.Ed., M.A., B.Ed., R. Psychologist www.ctc1990.com

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Page 1: What recent brain research tells us about how fear and trauma impact learning March 2015 Mary-Catherine Bailey-McKenna, M.Ed., M.A., B.Ed., R. Psychologist.

what recent brain research tells us about

how fear and trauma impact learning

March 2015

Mary-Catherine Bailey-McKenna, M.Ed., M.A., B.Ed., R. Psychologist

www.ctc1990.com

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Workshop GoalsS self-initiated and self-maintained

M measurable

A achievable

R realistic

T transferable

?

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Learning

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What impacts learning?

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Brain Development3-6yr

1-4yr

6mo-2yr

0-9mo*

attachment

sensory

emotional

thinking

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FEAR

Fear

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Brain Systems (Primary, Secondar

y)Stateis ..

Plans for .. Does …

Fight/Flight

Response is …

Freeze/Surrend

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e is ..

Acts and Thinks like …

Responds to …

Neo CortexCortex Calm

Extended Future

Thinking / Reflective

Rest Rest

30 year old – 15 year oldAdult/Adolescent

Talk, Ideas

CortexLimbic

Alert Days / Hours

Thinking / Learning (Concrete)

VigilanceAvoidance

15 year old –

8 year oldAdolescent/Child

Talk, Engaged Learning

LimbicMidbrain

AlarmHours / Minutes Emotion

Resistance(Crying)

Compliant(Robotic)

8 year old -3 year oldChild/Toddler

Play, Engaged Learning, Metaphors

 MidbrainBrain Stem

FearMinutes Seconds

ReactiveDefiance(Tantrums)

Fetal Rocking

3 year old – 1 year oldToddler/ Infant

Doing, Cues

Brain StemAutonomic

TerrorLoss of Sense of Time

ReflexiveAggression

Fainting

1 year old – newbornInfant/Newborn

Safety Cues(non-verbal)

Fear Response

www.childtraumaacademy.com

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www.teachingrefugees.com Social Community Supports / Supports Resources / Cues and Strategies

Fear Response

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Trauma

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List some types of traumatic events.

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Trauma

www.childtraumaacademy.com

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http://www.psychologyinaction.org/

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ACE: H/S 30 Students

# Students

# ACE

0 61 52 63 34

57

6+ 3

robertandamd.com

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PTSD

www.traumacentre.org

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Regulate

Relate

Reason

Engage

www.thinkkids.org

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Play the “Regulate” Game.

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Relate

www.allanschore.com

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Sources & Resources

• Dr. Stuart Ablon, http://thinkkids.org

• Dr. Robert Anda, www.robertandamd.com

• MC Bailey-McKenna, www.ctc1990.com

• Dr. John Briere, www.johnbriere.com

• Calgary Board of Education, www.teachingrefugees.com

• Heart Math Institute, www.heartmath.com/institute-of-heartmath/

• Leah Kuypers, www.zonesofregulation.com/

• Dr. Gordon Neufeld, www.neufeldinstitute.com

• Dr. Bruce Perry, www.childtraumaacademy.com

• Dr. Allan Schore, www.allanschore.com/articles.php (2009) Relational Trauma and the Developing Right Brain: The neurobiology of broken attachment bonds

• Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, www.traumacenter.org