Listen to the Podcasts
Because of the content and vocabulary usage in the podcasts, it is more effective to listen to them in order; but if you have a particular interest in one of the sessions, you will certainly gain applicable knowledge if you listen to them as singletons.
Session 1 Content Listen to Session 1
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Unregulated, Unintegrated Brain Dr. Daniel Siegel's Hand Model of the Brain
Essential Questions: What is Emotional Poverty (EP)?
How does EP impact your classroom?
Why do students explode?
Why are they out of control?
Session 2 Content Listen to Session 2 Assessing the Student's Emotional Age
Chapter 2 Self-Construction and the Inner Self
Essential Questions: What causes behavior?
What motivates bad behavior (lack of compassion for self and others)?
Session 3 Content Listen to Session 3
Chapter 3 Bonding and Attachment
Essential Question: Why do discipline strategies work with some students and not others?
Session 4 Content Listen to Session 4 Less Than/Separate From Activity
Chapter 4 Weak Bonding Attachment
Essential Question: How does feeling "less than" and "separate from" create anger, anxiety, avoidance, resentment, shame, guilt, humiliation, violence, and revenge?
Session 5 Content Listen to Session 5
Chapter 5 Gender Issues Mark Gungor Link for Comic Relief
Chapter 6 The Emotional Classroom Dance Questions to Address Emotional Issues
Essential Questions: Why do I have so many discipline referral for males?
Why do they shut down and quit?
Session 6 -Content Listen to Session 6
Chapter 7 More Factors in Emotional Development
Chapter 8 Validation
Chapter 9 Managing Your Life
Chapter 10 What We Can Do
Essential Questions: How might additional factors in the the external environment contribute to EP?
How do I motivate good behaviors?
How do I keep my emotional stability as an educator?
What does it all mean for my classroom?