The Southern Accented podcaster interviewed a psychologist who spoke about children who suffer from emotional dysregulation.
Emotional dysregulation (ED) is a term used in the mental health community to refer to an emotional response that is poorly modulated, and does not fall within the conventionally accepted range of emotive response. ED may be referred to as labile mood (marked fluctuation of mood) or mood swings.She gave some techniques for use in the classroom (for example, have students let their backs touch the back of the seat, put their feet fully on the ground, to release cortisol and help them focus) and spoke in general about how such students can benefit from more space, more time and from their teachers being mindful of their own nervous system in order to effectively reach the children (for example, is the teacher calm and taking a moment to sit down to speak with the students or is the urgency of the lesson permeating the teacher's own body language?)
In the freetech4teachers blog I learned how to create on-line flashcards. Of course I needed to test this new knowledge and so I went ahead and created a vocabulary list of some useful Hebrish for my myriad blog followers (as of this moment there are officially zero followers in spite of my 46 page views in Israel and North America). Go on, uncommitted phantom followers! Take a look! If I understand correctly, you should actually be able to add words to my list.
https://quizlet.com/_2rtbmu
Since the other blog I looked at last week hasn't updated I found this one: http://catlintucker.com/
which spoke about involving students in the unlikely processes of planning and teaching lessons, evaluating progress and facilitating communication with parents. I want to be in her class!
Until next time.....
(And the requisite disclaimer - it is Motzei Shabbat here in Israel, regardless of what Blogger says)
