ISBN-10: 0593655036

In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this “great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children’s social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies.

Most important, Haidt issues a clear call to action. He diagnoses the “collective action problems” that trap us, and then proposes four simple rules that might set us free. He describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood.

ISBN:  978-1071961889 

During this book study, we'll examine several of the 33 lesson ideas outlined in _100% Engagement_ by Brian Sztabnik and Susan Barber, two seasoned English teachers. While this book focuses specifically on lessons about poetry, short fiction, novels, and drama, we'll also brainstorm ways to adapt lessons to fit nonfiction (and how they might potentially apply to subjects outside of English). This class will run primarily online through Google Classroom and will be at your own pace; however, we'll meet virtually on Wed., Dec. 3 at 4:30 p.m. in order to share what we've learned and any lessons we've adapted from their examples. 

ISBN 10:  1948018896

The developing brains of our children need to “feel” safe and connected. Children who carry chronic behavioral challenges (some through trauma and some not) are often met with reactive and punitive practices that can potentially reactivate the developing stress response systems.

This book deeply addresses the need for co-regulatory and relational touch point practices, shifting student-focused behavior management protocols to adult regulated brain and body states which are brain aligned, preventive, and relational discipline protocols. This new lens for discipline benefits all students by reaching for sustainable behavioral changes through brain state awareness rather than compliance and obedience.  

Learning more about the developing brain is necessary to educators.

Get ready to explore IXL Math through a fun, flexible, and self-paced Choose Your Own Adventure PD designed just for you! You'll complete tasks that explore IXL's powerful features- from diagnostics and skill plans to student data and classroom tools.