TeepeeJoy
Love to play with your child? Lee Orlian, founder of TeepeeJoy agrees that pretend play is important for children. Check out his article and make it a great play-day!
https://www.teepeejoy.com/benefits-of-pretend-play/
Neuroscience for Kidsh
Kid-friendly quizzes and fun facts
http://staff.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Wired to Win
A virtual Tour de France video and a highlighted bike ride through a park describes parts of the brain, their locations and jobs.
http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/mindtrip.html
Brain Connection
Current brain research and a free weekly email newsletter in a user-friendly site.
http://www.brainconnection.com/
National Institute on Media and the Family
Tips and research about the effects of lighted screen on children’s brain development
http://www.mediafamily.org/
Jeff Haebig
Nation-wide conference “gleenoter” and “boogieman for the brain” dances his way to help educators, students and families understand and maximize the potential of their brains.
www.WellnessQuest.com
www.BrainBoogie.com
Family Resource Center for Eau Claire
Homepage for the B.R.A.I.N. Team (Brain Research Awareness Integration Network), offers a plethora of programs to help families.
www.frcec.org
Wisconsin Council for Children and Families
Family advocates offering information for families and trainer training for professionals to help them provide research based support for families.
www.wccf.org
Restitution
Restitution creates the conditions for the person to fix their mistake to return to the group strengthened. The program is based on research conducted in schools throughout the world. Win-Win Discipline is adapted from Restitution by Diane Gossen and Dr. Wm. Glasser’s Choice Theory.
realrestitution.com
Dr. Justin Patchin provides current research and strategies for young people, parents and educators for preventing or dealing with cyberbullying and electronic challenges.
www.Cyberbullying.us
Lisa Witt shares success stories and strategies involving the use of stability balls in the classroom. Ordering information for the balls (with small “feet” to keep them in place)
www.Wittfitt.com
Dr. Daniel Amen posts a blog and offers consultations applying current brain research to daily lives.
www.amenclinics.com
Applied neuroscience resources, follow on Twitter.
www.brainfitness.com
To access the infant massage YouTube videos go to Luther Midelfort.org and enter infant massage video into the search bar it will bring you to part 1-4. Christy Haller is a massage therapist with Luther Midelfort.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1By6x8znaa4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxSer71o7cg&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3ZL-8Buxgg&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diOdMT9fEyc&feature=channel
Books:
Active Education: Lessons for Integrating Physical Activity with Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies, Julian A. Reed (Nova-2009)
The Whitest Wall, by Jodee Kulp (Fiction- Life with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome)
A Mind at a Time, by Mel Levine, MD (2002) (Educator Perspective)
The Ultramind Solution: Fixing Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First, by Mark Hyman MD (Nutrition and lifestyle impacting brain function)
The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Case For the Existence of the Soul, by Beauregard and O’Leary (2007) (Research documenting spiritual function in the brain)