10
Jun

ENGAGE YOUR BRAIN with Nathan Wallis

This talk focuses on the social/emotional aspects of your brain development – how feeling impacts our thinking. While the times that this brain really has the steering wheel is 2-8yrs and again in the middle of adolescence, it is relevant to all learners who want to feel engaged, enthusiastic and passionate about what they do.
Creativity largely comes online, between the ages of two and seven, in a free-play, child-lead environment. It’s development is inhibited if we focus instead on seven year old formalised literacy and numeracy.
This talk supports the research behind play based learning. Learning is so much easier when the learner is engaged. Come along and learn how to engage your brain.
  • Presented by
    Nathan Wallis
  • Location:
    Learning Network NZ
  • Date:
    10 Jun 2022
  • Time:
    09:30 AM - 03:00 PM
17
Jun

COMPLEX BEHAVIOUR : Simple Interventions…for the classroom (New Plymouth)

A one-day workshop unpacking the neuroscience around complex behaviour.
Across Aotearoa, there are a growing number of children who display increasingly complex behaviours.  This can get overwhelming for those working in any profession where there is interaction with children and youth. Within schools, the issue is amplified due to the amount of contact time you have.  This means those of you working in schools can have an increased impact, but conversely, you can feel more overwhelmed. For some of our children, they have such complex needs, it is incredibly difficult to know where to begin…This one-day workshop will begin by unpacking the neuroscience of trauma. 
  • Presented by
    Kathryn Berkett
  • Location:
    Plymouth International
  • Date:
    17 Jun 2022
  • Time:
    09:30 AM - 03:00 PM
01
Jul

COMPLEX BEHAVIOUR : Simple Interventions…for the classroom (Hawkes Bay)

A one-day workshop unpacking the neuroscience around complex behaviour.
Across Aotearoa, there are a growing number of children who display increasingly complex behaviours.  This can get overwhelming for those working in any profession where there is interaction with children and youth. Within schools, the issue is amplified due to the amount of contact time you have.  This means those of you working in schools can have an increased impact, but conversely, you can feel more overwhelmed. For some of our children, they have such complex needs, it is incredibly difficult to know where to begin…This one-day workshop will begin by unpacking the neuroscience of trauma. 
  • Presented by
    Kathryn Berkett
  • Location:
    Napier Sailing Club
  • Date:
    01 Jul 2022
  • Time:
    09:30 AM - 03:00 PM
08
Aug

CHANGE YOUR BRAIN- CHANGE YOUR LIFE with Nathan Wallis

‘Change Your Brain – Change Your Life!’ takes a broader perspective than Nathan’s previous talks. This new discussion explores the inherent ability in everyone’s brain to be able to change the ‘wiring’ of their brain and thereby improve their level of happiness, well-being and overall quality of life.

Nathan’s message is that we are not subject to the biology dictated by the brain, but rather, it’s actually an interactive process – the biology of the brain is also dictated by our thoughts and actions. Or alternatively, our brains are voice activated and we are far more in control of our brains than we realise.
This talk will update you (in Nathan’s usual plain, direct, ‘southern-man style’ kind of way!) on Neuroplasticity – or the brains ability to change itself – and how to do this.
  • Presented by
    Nathan Wallis
  • Location:
    Learning Network NZ
  • Date:
    08 Aug 2022
  • Time:
    09:30 AM - 03:00 PM
19
Aug

TRAUMA INFORMED TRAINING

Seminar will cover:
• What impact can early trauma have on behaviour of children / adolescents?
• How the brain connects/learns. The impact this has on the behaviour we see and how we can effect change.
• What elements we need to create in the environment to increase likelihood of behaviour change?
• How we can evaluate and notice true behaviour change?

This workshop will cover how trauma can impact the development of the brain. Understanding what contributes to behaviour development is the most important and influential path to being able to change behaviour.
  • Presented by
    Kathryn Berkett
  • Location:
    Learning Network NZ
  • Date:
    19 Aug 2022
  • Time:
    09:30 AM - 03:00 PM
09
Sep

COMPLEX BEHAVIOUR : Simple Interventions…for the classroom (Tauranga)

A one-day workshop unpacking the neuroscience around complex behaviour.
Across Aotearoa, there are a growing number of children who display increasingly complex behaviours.  This can get overwhelming for those working in any profession where there is interaction with children and youth. Within schools, the issue is amplified due to the amount of contact time you have.  This means those of you working in schools can have an increased impact, but conversely, you can feel more overwhelmed. For some of our children, they have such complex needs, it is incredibly difficult to know where to begin…This one-day workshop will begin by unpacking the neuroscience of trauma. 
  • Presented by
    Kathryn Berkett
  • Location:
    Charthouse Tauranga
  • Date:
    09 Sep 2022
  • Time:
    09:30 AM - 03:00 PM
23
Sep

COMPLEX BEHAVIOUR : Simple Interventions…for the classroom (Wellington)

A one-day workshop unpacking the neuroscience around complex behaviour.
Across Aotearoa, there are a growing number of children who display increasingly complex behaviours.  This can get overwhelming for those working in any profession where there is interaction with children and youth. Within schools, the issue is amplified due to the amount of contact time you have.  This means those of you working in schools can have an increased impact, but conversely, you can feel more overwhelmed. For some of our children, they have such complex needs, it is incredibly difficult to know where to begin…This one-day workshop will begin by unpacking the neuroscience of trauma. 
  • Presented by
    Kathryn Berkett
  • Location:
    Copthorne Oriental Parade
  • Date:
    23 Sep 2022
  • Time:
    09:30 AM - 03:00 PM
28
Oct

LEARNER AGENCY – a practical school based approach -James Anderson

Learner Agency is fast becoming the latest educational buzzword. It is appearing in educational policy documents around the world, including the New Zealand Key Competencies.
 
But what is “Learner Agency”? Why should school leaders care? How do we support teachers to increase Learner Agency in students, and what tools can we use to guide and measure the impact of our work?
 
It is important for school leaders to understand that agency is not something we can simply give to students. Learner Agency is a capability that needs to be developed by, and within, the learner. Ultimately, learners must carry and continually build their agency throughout their life. And in order to do that, we need a clear school based definition and a set of practical tools and strategies to enable teachers to work meaningfully with these ideas. 
  
  • Presented by
    James Anderson
  • Location:
    Learning Network NZ
  • Date:
    28 Oct 2022
  • Time:
    09:30 AM - 03:30 PM