80 likes | 85 Views
Welcome to Learning about Learning: Paying Attention. Please sign in and fill out a nametag with your name, the names of your children, and the ages of your children. Some Preliminary Questions. What are the Learning about Learning Workshops? What is my role in the workshop?
E N D
Welcome toLearning about Learning: Paying Attention Please sign in and fill out a nametag with your name, the names of your children, and the ages of your children.
Some Preliminary Questions • What are the Learning about Learning Workshops? • What is my role in the workshop? • What is your role in the workshop? • What is the Parking Lot?
What are Learning about Learning Workshops? • Developed by All Kinds of Minds, a nonprofit organization co-founded by Dr. Mel Levine and Charles Schwab • Facilitated by educators who have attended the Schools Attuned Program, a program that prepares educators to meet the learning needs of all students in their classroom • Additional topics include mastering the challenge of homework, learning and self-esteem, getting organized for learning, and building learning alliances with your children and their teachers
What is my role in the workshop? • Facilitator = encourage and guide conversation among you • Facilitator provide expertise on neurodevelopmental variation
What is your role in the workshop? • Listen • Discuss • Collaborate
What is the Parking Lot? • A temporary place for unanswered questions
Workshop Goals • Appreciate that there are all kinds of minds • Understand that Attention has many parts to it • Learn strategies for helping children manage and strengthen the different parts of Attention
A Message of Optimism Students who struggle with attention have every hope to succeed in school and in life.