Hearing about how the intricacies of the brain, and finding out the “hard” evidence for human behavior might not sound incredibly appealing to most teachers, but it’s actually remarkably important for people in education to understand.  Once you can identify underlying evidence for certain behaviors, you can begin to address the root of the cause, and not just the symptoms… i.e. instead of punitively reacting to student behavior, discover why the behavior exists and address that to prevent the behavior in the future.

In this episode we discuss some of the underlying brain functions of student behavior, why cortisol levels are important to be aware of, and why some of the proof of the benefits of social emotional learning in your classroom.