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With the spike in anxiety, kids and adults need to be equipped with key information and quick strategies to decrease stress and manage anxiety-provoking situations. When you give anxiety what it needs—not what it wants—it combats anxiety’s vicious cycle, which leads to an increase in flexibility, resilience and problem-solving needed to stress less, think better and work smarter! 

Using A.B.C. Worry Free as a reference tool, we will address misunderstandings about anxiety and learn:

• how anxiety works
• patterns of anxiety and how to interrupt them
• an actionable strategy to manage anxiety/stressors
• communication, accommodation and skill building tips for the classroom and beyond

Best for Educators, Counselors and Parents

Looking for ways to help disorganized, easily distracted students become more efficient and productive? How about those who have difficulty getting started, fall apart when they encounter obstacles, or avoid challenges?

In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn how to help students take more ownership of their learning. You’ll be empowered with quick strategies that decrease stress and build underdeveloped skill sets and mindsets vital to learning and success in school, relationships, jobs and life. We will address key information about the brain and the impact of stress on executive function as well as how to support students with transitions, routines and skills related to goal setting, organization, time management, self-monitoring, cognitive flexibility, and growth mindset self-talk.

Best for Educators, Counselors and Parents

Learning starts with the brain, and the moment of engagement is a critical part of the learning process. This interactive workshop empowers you with practical applications that incorporate the science of learning and more of “what the brain likes” into your lessons.

You’ll discover how to:

• cultivate a better learning environment
• decrease anxiety and get “more” out of your students
• use quick, “low stress” learning-focused retrieval strategies to maximize student engagement, participation and retention while supporting content learning and critical thinking

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The impact of stress has far-reaching consequences, affecting ability, memory, executive function, behavior, relationships, receptivity to feedback and performance. Whether you’re dealing with stress in school, at home, in social interactions or at work, you’ll learn empowering ways to manage anxiety and unproductive thoughts. This interactive workshop will address the following topics:

• How the stress response works and how to interrupt it
• How stress impacts learning, memory, executive function, behavior, relationships, performance and receptivity to feedback
• How to identify the brain’s “sweet spot” and “tipping point”
• How to use the ABC Strategy to manage stress and boost performance
• What to be aware of regarding Zoom fatigue/virtual calls

Much attention is often given to an athlete’s physical development, with relatively little emphasis on the brain’s role in reaching peak performance. Yet, peak performance begins with the brain! 

The Skills Builder incorporates cutting edge brain research into practical applications that can be easily integrated into practices and games. Coaches and student athletes are equipped with a process to decrease stress, maximize brain capacity and build underdeveloped skill sets and mindsets needed to gain an edge over the competition. 

Using recent Neuroscience findings about the effect of stress on the brain’s ability to think, learn and perform, we empower coaches and student athletes with an innovative process to identify barriers getting in the way of peak performance, so they can elevate their ability to reach goals, overcome obstacles and take their game to the next level while building executive function in the following area to optimize success:

• Goal Setting
• Planning and Prioritizing
• Organizing
• Sharpening Attention and Focus
• Increasing Memory Capacity
• Building Effective Communication and Collaboration
• Increasing Mental Flexibility to Adjust Focus and Perspective
• Boosting Self Control
• Self Monitoring Progress
• Establishing a Growth Mindset

Learning how to use the brain to its potential can increase performance and make the difference between maintaining one’s position on a team, winning and losing a game, making it to the postseason or succeeding in school, relationships, jobs and the big game of life.