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Monday

July 15
The Neuroscience of Attention & Emotion

11:30 AM- 12:00 PM

Registration

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Welcome Lunch

12:15 PM - 2:20 PM

  • Introductions and Overview
  • Why Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience of Attention
  • Strategies for Engaging and Sustaining Attention

2:20 PM - 2:30 PM

Coffee Break

2:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  • Building Focus
  • The Neuroscience of the Emotional Filter
  • Emotional Self-Management

6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Welcome Reception (Sierra Madre Village Patio)

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Dinner on the Sierra Madre Village Patio

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Tuesday

July 16
The Neuroscience of Joyful Learning & the Neuroscience of Memory

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Dopamine and the “Video Game” Model (a system for promoting learning through the emotional filter)

10:15 AM - 10:25 AM

Coffee Break

10:25 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Dopamine and the “Video Game” Model (a system for promoting learning through the emotional filter) continued
  • Short-Term Memory: Pattern Matching and Encoding

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons

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Wednesday

July 17
Building and Sustaining Memory

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM - 10:15 AM

  • Executive Function of Critical Analysis
  • Executive Function of Cognitive Flexibility
  • Executive Function Recap
     

10:15 AM - 10:25 AM

Coffee Break

10:25 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Concept Memory
  • Multisensory Memory

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons

 

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Thursday

July 18
Mistakes & Neuroscience of Executive Functions

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM - 10:15 AM

  • "Mistakes" as Opportunities for Learning
  • Neuroscience of Executive Functions

10:15 AM - 10:25 AM

Coffee Break

10:25 AM - 12:00 PM

  • Executive Functions of Organization & Prioritization
  • Executive Function of Judgement

12:00 PM- 1:00 PM

Lunch at the Portola Dining Commons

 

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Friday

July 19
Executive Functions Across the Curriculum

7:45 AM - 8:15 AM

Continental Breakfast

8:15 AM - 9:45 AM

  • Executive Function of Critical Analysis
  • Executive Function of Cognitive Flexibility
  • Executive Function Recap

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Coffee Break

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

  • From Sensory Information to Wisdom
  • Culminating Activities
  • Your Goals & Big Take-Aways
  • Closing