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REFLECTION - Course 3: The Neurobiology Series – Part 2

Take a moment to reflect on the Key Messages from this course.

• Do you explicitly teach all children what happens to the brain and body when their
needs are not well met?

• Do you help children to notice their ‘affect’ and practice describing it with a range of
emotional language, rather than reacting to it with throwing, running from or burying
their unpleasant feelings (fight, flight, freeze)?

• Do children get time to rehearse new responses to threat, and to practice these over-
and-over again until it is automatic – a new neural habit?

• How will the Key Messages from this course impact on how you support children and
what you will say and do?

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In your current role, what actions will you plan and take now?

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