NEW Flashcards for the Brain Health Program --Executive Function

After I created 75 slides for students to use for learning and coaching purposes, I decided to turn them into drumroll......FLASHCARDS!!!

I'll go ahead and upload the FRONT and BACK of the flashcards below so it is clearer what each flashcard covered.

2D QUESTION -- FRONT SIDE of the flashcard (vs. 3D wizard brain skills)

2D DESCRIPTION -- BACK side of the flashcard:

The intention of the card deck is to hep students deepen their understanding of the course material. The card deck starts with the glossary from my 110-page workbook, which names 25 terms:

(All of these terms are covered in more detail in the flashcards.) The workbook also includes 8 Techniques, which we practiced during the peer practice sessions in the program.

In the first class we started with some fundamentals, including the definition of mind used in interpersonal neurobiology.

Here is the back of the mind flashcard so you can see the kinds of prompts that come in the form of questions:

Besides "mind," other core terms were mindsight

FRONT SIDE:

Mindsight BACK SIDE:

Throughout the program, I use "lizard brain" and "wizard brain" as memorable teaching metaphors. They aren't meant to represent literal anatomical divisions of the brain, but rather to make complex patterns and capacities easier to recognize and remember.

How to activate the lizard brain FRONT: