Friday, June 4, 2021

2:50 PM - 3:35 PM

Room P5

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The latest research shows that Australian students are currently suffering unprecedented rates of developing mental health problems. Building a health curriculum is therefore a social imperative to educate and promote positive growth, which serves not only to mitigate mental ill-health, but also foster greater neural capacity for learning outcomes and overall student success. In this session, delegates will be given theoretical context of the impact of stress on the brain and how this interferes with the learning process. We will explore the triune brain model [in a way which can also be presented to students], and the interplay of certain neurotransmitters in relation to learning. An overview to the main areas of the brain that highly align to resilience will be presented and how we can teach these concepts to children up to middle school, to provide the impetus for regulatory behaviours around motivation and attention. Character resources have been created by a team of educators to teach brain-based strategies to young children as a prevention against developing mental health problems. The characters take a narrative approach to help children understand the function of their brains under stress and what they can do to manage their body's responses. The characters represent scientific strategies and enable children to apply them with confidence and meaning. Examples will show a whole school approach and footage of what it could look like within educational settings.

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