Visualizing ContentI have selected the following slides to demonstrate how I “visualize” content provided by subject matter experts. In most cases the original slide precedes the visualized slides. Note that the content from the original slide is

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Susan Stewart of Guided Meetingssusan@guidedmeetings.com

Headline Thinking

StrategyIf you were

asked to summarize the

Brain Rules for

Baby book in a

headline, what

would it say?

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Neurons Fire

Neurons Fire

Neurons Suppressed

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Neuromodulators

Neurotransmitters

If the Healthy Emotional Brain Were Represented by a Keyboard, Many Students Today Use Fewer “Keys.”

SadnessJoyDisgustAngerSurpriseFear ORIGINAL SLIDE

SadnessJoyDisgustAngerSurpriseFear

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What’s the No. 1 factor that predicts how your child will turn out?

a = Providing a loving household.b = How perfect a parent you are.c = How you deal with your child’s intense emotions.

What’s the No. 1 factor that predicts how your child will turn out?

a = Providing a loving household.b = How perfect a parent you are.c = How you deal with your child’s intense emotions.

How you deal with your

child’s intense emotions.

Stress and Distressstress (on/off)is healthy for us.

distress (chronic) is toxic to our brain and body

low SES children are exposed to: 1) more stressors, 2) more intense stressors, 3) longer lasting stressors, and 4) have fewer coping skills than their higher SES counterparts.

Evans & Kim, 2007

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Stress and DistressStress

Stress and DistressStress

Distress

Stress and Distress

DistressQuantity of Stressors

Stress and Distress

DistressQuantity of Stressors

Intensity of Stressors

Stress and Distress

DistressQuantity of Stressors

Intensity of Stressors

Duration of Stressors

Stress and Distress

DistressQuantity of Stressors

Intensity of Stressors

Duration of Stressors

Number of Skills for Coping with Stressors

Emotional Reactivity or Disconnect as Maladaptive Response to Chronic or

Acute Stress in Your Students

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Healthy Brain Stress Response

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Inadequate Response