Developed by Lori Desautels, PhD, at Butler University Applied Educational Neuroscience (AEN) is a framework of neuroscience concepts designed to support your education system, get ahead of behavior and make your learning environment feel like a safe space.

What are executive function skills and how do we develop them rather than diminish them in the learning environment?

What does ADHD and Autism really look like in the classroom? How do we help educators identify it, understand it and teach to it?

A discussion of “fidgets” or brain tools, their value in promoting learning and strategies for using them effectively in the classroom.

Education and information on our 8 sensory systems and how they integrate to help us function in daily life. To include discussion of their impact in the classroom and strategies for helping students to regulate them.

By understanding the neuroscience of belonging, you will enhance support for students who may feel marginalized or different.

The discussion of the foundation for educator self-care - understanding and caring for the educator’s nervous system - the most important nervous system in the classroom!

Using the concepts of educational neuroscience, adapt your learning environment to enhance “felt safety” and promote learning.