Cost: $1,975

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From August 2-5, 2011, Learning ghj_amp the Brain will offer a Summer Institute, co-sponsored with the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA on the oceanside campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Brain imaging studies and cognitive neuroscience continue to give a clearer picture of how individuals respond to sensory stimuli and perform cognitive tasks. This has allowed for a better understanding of the brain's neural systems and how they relate to focus, learning, memory, and creative problem solving. The Institute will focus on the applications of neuroscience research to teaching and learning. Through lectures and facilitated discussion, participants will explore neuro-logical approaches for understanding and meeting the diverse academic, social, and emotional needs of students. The Institute is hands-on and is limited to 35 participants.

You Will Learn Strategies to

Employ brain-friendly strategies to advance student achievement

Examine ways to maximize and maintain student attention and focus

Improve student participation by reducing stress and promoting habits of mind

Increase memory retrieval, the creation of long-term memories, and conceptual understanding through the use of mental manipulation, transfer, and metacognition

Promote executive function development

Use advances in memory research to ignite student learning and turn on the brain's learning centers.

Examine ways to maximize and maintain attention and focus.

Implement strategic review, study, and test preparation to allow students to retain information and transfer it to future learning and creative problem solving.

Differentiate instruction for all learning styles and skill levels through activities and instruction within student's individual achievable challenge levels

The Summer Institute Is for

PreK-12 Teachers, Administrators, School Psychologists and School Clinicians

Education Professors

College Professors

Professional Development Credit

This program provides a total of 22 hours toward professional development credit for various professionals. For types of credit offered, or to find out about additional engaged hours toward professional development credit, call Learning ghj_amp the Brain Conference at 781-449-4010 ext. 101. Note: credits are not provided by University of California, Santa Barbara.

Judy Willis, MD, MEd

Judy Willis, MD, EdD is a neurologist and credentialed teacher. She has combined her training in neuroscience and neuroimaging with her teacher education training and years of classroom experience. Dr. Willis is an authority in the field of learning-centered brain research and teaching strategies derived from this research and has spoken at national and international educational conferences.

Dr. Willis has taught in elementary and middle schools and is currently an adjunct lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

She has written six books on this topic, contributed extensively to educational journals, and conducts interactive professional development workshops throughout the United States and internationally.

Her most recent books include Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning (2006), Brain Research Based Strategies for the Inclusion Class (2007), How Your Child Learns Best (2008), and Inspiring Middle School Minds: Gifted, Creative and Challenging (2009).

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You Will Learn Strategies to

The Summer Institute Is for

Professional Development Credit

Judy Willis, MD, MEd