John Almarode

& his daughter, Tessa

Welcome BACK to

Brain Rules for Baby…Book Club!

Things you will need for a successful day:

1 2 3

Raise your hand when you are ready.

2. Identifying and

Activating Prior

Knowledge

Headline Thinking

Strategy

If you were

asked to

summarize the

Brain Rules for

Baby book in a

headline, what

would it say?

What would your HEADLINE be?

Share your HEADLINE in chat.

Best Practices for Healthy Happy Lives!

Intuition Found Valuable in Parenting

Seeds or Soil? Shocking New Developments!

First Five Years Makes All the Difference

Science Meets Old Wives Tales

Brain Rules for Babies: A New Book for Parents with Information that is Actually

Useful and Scientific

The Shocking Truth…Brain Development

is Key

How’s Your Child Thinking?

Instructions:

1. Pluck one or two petals

2. Write how the word(s) contributes to the soil for social-emotional development.

3. Post in chat.

Play“old white

men”

Intentionality

Emotional Punctuation

Running

Record Looping

Pluck a PetalPluck a Petal

3. Emotions and the

Brain

What’s the No. 1 factor that predicts how your child will turn out?

a = Providing a loving household.b = How perfect a parent you are.c = How you deal with your child’s intense emotions.

What’s the No. 1 factor that predicts how your child will turn out?

a = Providing a loving household.b = How perfect a parent you are.c = How you deal with your child’s intense emotions.

How you deal with your

child’s intense emotions.

Cognition

Emotion

Movement

SEPARATE

Neurons Fire

Neurons Suppressed

Neuromodulators

Neurotransmitters

How can I model supporting the child’s development by

attending to both the emotional and cognitive

needs?

Post your ideas in chat.

What are the SIX EMOTIONS?

SadnessJoyDisgustAngerSurpriseFear

Sadn

ess

Joy

Dis

gust

Ange

r

Surp

rise

Fear

Hum

ility

Forg

iven

ess

Empa

thy

Opti

mis

m

Com

pass

ion

Sym

path

y

Patie

nce

Sham

e

Coop

erati

on

Hardwired

Gra

titud

e

Learned

Step 1: Step 2:

Big Ideas

Emotions and the Brain

Read page 211 Summarize

Big Ideas

Emotions and the Brain

Post your thoughts in chat.

!Language

!Language

!Language

Post in chat ways you can model pairing positive emotions with events.

4. Stress and the

Brain

The Great Debate: Nature vs. Nuture

66%

34%

Column A

Column B

Genes Environment

Enriched Environment

Source: Barbro B. Johansson and Pavel V. Belichenko (2001) Environmental Enrichment on Intact and Postischemic Rat Brain

How Much Can Negative Environments Affect the Developing Brain?

Chronic Stress Effects

Creates emotional problems

Lowers IQ, reading scores

Drastic memory loss

Shortens dendrites

Causes neuron death

Fosters inappropriate attachments

(use polling feature in participant’s panel ✔ = yes, ✖ = no)

Stress and DistressStress

Stress and DistressStress

Distress

Stress and Distress

DistressQuantity of Stressors

Intensity of Stressors

Duration of Stressors

Number of Skills for Coping with Stressors

Stress and Distress

A = Quantity of Stressors

B = Intensity of Stressors

C = Duration of Stressors

D = Number of Skills for Coping with Stressors

1

2

Which element of stress

presents the biggest challenge to you as a

professional in your work with families?

Phys

iolo

gic

Resp

onse

Stressor RecoveryTime

Healthy Brain Stress Response

Phys

iolo

gic

Resp

onse

Time

Repeated “Hits” Trauma

Phys

iolo

gic

Resp

onse

Stressor No RecoveryTime

Prolonged Response

Phys

iolo

gic

Resp

onse

Stressor No Recovery NeededTime

Inadequate Response

How much time does it take for neurons to

wither?

A = 2 hrs./day for 2 months B = 30 min./day for 7 wksC = 1 hr./day for 10 weeksD = 10 min./day for 5 days

10 minutes a day for 5 days

5. Final Thoughts

How will you nurture your own soil?Post in chat.

6. Next Steps

Look for reminders in your email!

It sure was! I

learned a lot

and would

recommend this

to colleagues!

Hey, Jeremy, this was a great book

study.

Next Steps: • Complete

evaluation• Receive

certificate• Put

knowledge to practice!