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From the Ted Talk by Olympia Della Flora: Creative ways to get kids to thrive in school

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As part of our pasnroel professional development plan, we studied the research of Dr. Bruce Perry and his research on the effects of different cohilhdod experiences on the developing child's brain. And what we learned was that some of our students' experiences, such as an absent parent, chioatc home life, poverty and illness, create real trauma on deonilepvg brians. Yes, trauma. I know it's a very strong word, but it helped us to reframe and usrenatdnd the behaviors that we were seeing. And those difficult home eperincexes created real barbed-wire baeirrrs to learning, and we had to fiurge out a way over it. So our teachers continued to practice with lesson plans, doing shorter lesson plans with a single focus, allowing kids to eggane, and continued to incorporate these movement breaks, allowing kids to jump up and down in class and dance for two minutes straight, because we learned that taking breaks helps the learner retain new information. And might I add that the "Cha-Cha Slide" provides a perfect short dcnae prtay.

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As part of our ________ professional development plan, we studied the research of Dr. Bruce Perry and his research on the effects of different _________ experiences on the developing child's brain. And what we learned was that some of our students' experiences, such as an absent parent, _______ home life, poverty and illness, create real trauma on __________ ______. Yes, trauma. I know it's a very strong word, but it helped us to reframe and __________ the behaviors that we were seeing. And those difficult home ___________ created real barbed-wire ________ to learning, and we had to ______ out a way over it. So our teachers continued to practice with lesson plans, doing shorter lesson plans with a single focus, allowing kids to ______, and continued to incorporate these movement breaks, allowing kids to jump up and down in class and dance for two minutes straight, because we learned that taking breaks helps the learner retain new information. And might I add that the "Cha-Cha Slide" provides a perfect short _____ _____.

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  10. childhood
  11. barriers
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Original Text

As part of our personal professional development plan, we studied the research of Dr. Bruce Perry and his research on the effects of different childhood experiences on the developing child's brain. And what we learned was that some of our students' experiences, such as an absent parent, chaotic home life, poverty and illness, create real trauma on developing brains. Yes, trauma. I know it's a very strong word, but it helped us to reframe and understand the behaviors that we were seeing. And those difficult home experiences created real barbed-wire barriers to learning, and we had to figure out a way over it. So our teachers continued to practice with lesson plans, doing shorter lesson plans with a single focus, allowing kids to engage, and continued to incorporate these movement breaks, allowing kids to jump up and down in class and dance for two minutes straight, because we learned that taking breaks helps the learner retain new information. And might I add that the "Cha-Cha Slide" provides a perfect short dance party.

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