On the 27th June Teachers and Staff worked with Kathryn Berkett on two workshops - Understanding the pre and adolescent brain and the Neuroscience of Self Care

Kathryn has her Masters in Educational Psychology, and has certified as a Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics practitioner with Dr Perry. Kathryn has extensive experience in this area. She has worked with Rāroa for approximately six years and has played a significant part in the development of our approach to student behaviour and well being.   Rāroa Behaviour Principles

Sessions covered: 

• The neuroscience of the adolescent brain
• Understanding the stress response activation 
• Recognising the link between the state of our brain and the quality of our thoughts 
• How being in a state of stress can physically impact our bodies in the short and long term 
• The physiology of creating a state of calm – how we stay calm, focused and healthy