This course provides teachers with a background into some sobering statistics around the prevalence of children at risk. The course explains how teachers can identify a child at risk and provides some background into common types of abuse and directs teachers to access free websites where they can access reputed resources. Teachers are provided with [...]

This course provides teachers with an introduction to brain plasticity. Teachers will have an opportunity to engage with a short film that consolidates current findings from neuroscience to present key ideas in the topic of brain plasticity and its implications for the classroom. Teachers will explore fascinating research into brain plasticity and engage with the [...]

This course is about the power that teachers have to help break the cycle of abuse that damages the brain in a child at risk, simply by being a stable adult caregiver, a caring, reliable and positive person in the classroom with each student. Research shows us that teachers can make a difference in the [...]

Teachers will learn about the scientific background behind how abuse and trauma can affect the brain, specifically the HPA-Axis. The course also provides teachers with plain-language insight into how abuse can cause difficulty for a child in their learning. Teachers will reflect on whether children who appear to be “difficult” actually might have learning difficulties [...]