Teachers, special service providers, and/or school professionals will actively participate in online learning to further develop their understanding of the origin of emotions, expand knowledge in the area of childhood brain development, analyze the effect of adverse childhood experiences on the brain, explore how emotions translate into behaviors, and learn how to manage big behaviors in the classroom. This learning will occur through online readings, peer discussions, case studies, and reviews of behavior intervention plans.

This course is appropriate for teachers in both primary and secondary education, special service providers, and administrators. Teacher librarians, instructional coaches, and other school professionals are invited to join us; they will be asked to use a specific student or situation they have experienced when working on assignments as opposed to a classroom as a whole.

Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Describe where emotions stem from within the brain, and when they appear in childhood development
• Implement classroom strategies to manage big behaviors while keeping students safe
• Utilize an understanding of adverse childhood experiences (ACE’s), and how we as educators can still provide academic instruction to students who experience them 
• Develop a stronger framework for building trusting and respectful relationships with students 
• Identify emotions underlying behaviors, and how to treat behaviors at the root of the problem