Bridging to Resilience

Balance Auditory Vision Exercises is a series of about 300 exercises that use sandbags and racquet balls to provide patterned, repetitive, rhythmic, safe physical movement. These exercises can be used by individuals for self-regulation or in small and large groups for co-regulation experiences. Participants in this session will learn a brief history of BAVX, and watch a short demonstration. The majority of the session will focus on the participants learning the foundational techniques and experiencing the beginning BAVX exercises in both partner and small group configurations.  Connections to both the CASEL core competencies and executive functions will be emphasized so that participants gain an understanding of how BAVX supports the principles of trauma-informed care. The target audience for this session will be educators interested in providing physical movement as an option for student regulation.

Being able to de-escalate a student and/or adult is a crucial skill in today’s classroom environment. We all have learned basic de-escalation skills but have you ever looked at it from a brain perspective? In this session, we will learn how to evaluate which part of the brain has been activated during a crisis and learn how to bring that portion of the brain back to reality all while keeping ourselves regulated as well.

So often we assume that the body and brain are two separate things.  We teach the brain but ignore the body.  
We know that your brain craves routine, consistency, and predictability but it also craves novelty.
We have seen an upswing in dysregulation in our classrooms and when we don’t take the time to sit beside our students in those moments and provide opportunities for coregulation and teach them some responsive, proactive strategies to begin to notice the onset of dysregulation we are putting them at a disadvantage.
I will be focusing on the applied educational neuroscience framework, nervous system development, and lots of strategies that can be incorporated into your classroom or practice with very little time - no money and will have tremendous impact on focus, attention, restoring some calm, and continue to support building resilience within our students and ourselves.
Discipline begins with us and these responsive strategies can be built into our daily routines that are going to make a real difference!

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We know that every day is a new day in our schools, but oftentimes at the end of each day we are struggling to keep our cool with the challenges that we face. Join us during this session to learn practical tools and strategies to regulate and create positive cultures in any school setting. Walk away with tips, tricks, and tools that you can immediately implement! This fun and interactive session will leave you re-energized and ready to face the day!