Welcome to the May 2019 Learning Brain News.
Bullying prevention campaigns happen in many schools each year . “Bullying Free NZ Week” is on this month in New Zealand. Read new studies about the long-term effects of bullying on health and its impact on girls - see Latest Research, and watch the webinar: Breaking Bad.
What about teacher-targeted bullying? Read suggestion for a code of conduct in this edition.
Plus this month: Maths, autism, and The Human Body app.
Devon Barnes
Learning Brain News
Latest Research
Are teen girls more vulnerable to bullying than boys?
Girls are more often bullied than boys and are more likely to consider, plan, or attempt suicide, according to a Rutgers University study of 4 years of data from the USA Centre for Disease Control’s Youth Risk Behaviour Survey. The study challenges the common belief that boys suffer most from bullying. Read more.
Childhood bullying may lead to increased chronic disease risk for adults
Being bullied during childhood might have lifelong health effects related to chronic stress exposure - including an increased risk for heart disease and diabetes in adulthood, according to a research review in the 2017 March/April issue of the Harvard Review of Psychiatry. Read more.
What's On?
Breaking Bad: Tackling Behaviour Problems at the Core
We often see behaviours at school that are detrimental to both the students exhibiting the behaviour and those around them. Many times, inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity and even aggression may be more than a student demonstrating that he or she is bored, acting out or seeking attention.
Join Dr. Martha Burns to find out what these ongoing student behaviours may be masking and what you can do to turn things around for the students who may need your efforts the most.
Happiness & Its Causes 2019
24 & 25 June 2019 | International Convention Centre Sydney | Australia
The world’s largest conference on happiness and wellbeing held over 2 days and featuring almost 40 expert speakers.
Maths
Maths Dyscalculia: How Can a Smart Kid Be So Bad at Maths? Scientists search for the cause, and treatment, of a mathematical learning disability called dyscalculia. Read more.What's New?
Improve communication success with your child
A new online course ,”A Key to Understanding Your Child: Trait 001 - Thinking Style”, by International Profiling and Communications Specialist, Alan Stevens may help. The course will be released soon. Register your interest for an early bird discount.
Autism
Online Coaching for Parents of Children with Autism
The Autism360 Club provides an online coaching program for parents of children with autism.
Founder, Ash Battacharya was inspired to create this service by growing up with a brother on the autism spectrum . Read more.
The Learning Capacity Podcast
5 Keys for Building Maths Skills
After 20 years as a maths teacher and tutor, Dr Dion Khlentzos has a clear view of what's necessary for building students' maths skills. Listen to him explain his top five keys to maths success including building on students' prior knowledge, relating maths to their everyday life and strengthening their motivation and belief in their own maths abilities. Read and hear more.
The Learning Capacity Blog
Learning Difficulties: 16 Terms Explained for Parents & Teachers
If you have a child with language challenges, reading problems or learning difficulties, and you have sought help from their teacher, speech pathologist or other learning professional, you may have heard some unfamiliar terms.
Click here for an explanation of 16 common terms used in discussions about learning difficulties.
Free Download
Self-regulation strategies for students with learning disabilities
Students with learning disabilities often encounter academic difficulties, at least in part, because they don’t have effective strategies for working through challenges.
Download this free eBook on self-regulation strategies for students with learning disabilities.
Book of the Month
Unconditional Love
Author, film director and producer, Jocelyn Morehouse writes with humour and intelligence about her hopes and fears for her two autistic children, about her Hollywood career and motherhood. Read more.
App of the Month
The Human Body
This massively popular App - The Human Body - has been downloaded more than 8 million times and has reached the #1 spot on the App Store’s education charts in 144 countries.
Learn anatomy and biology in an interactive model of the human body — the heart beats, guts gurgle, lungs breathe, the skin feels, and eyes see.
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Brain Breaks & Focused Attention Practices Prime the Brain for Learning
Solutions to Learning Challenges
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