Charlotte Verity Professional Learning (School Based)

Each person has their own sized panic and comfort zone:  Too much cortisol flooding the brain causes structural brain changes. Steps involved in the learning zone: 1. Develop interoceptive awareness 2. Develop awareness of emotions as they are developing, and develop and practice the skills to respond to developing emotions ( Co-regulation - teachers/caregivers can support this by prompting child e.g. 'let's have a drink' etc) 3. Self-manage and self-regulate to prevent entry into panic zone 4. Comfort zone is resting, regulated – parasympathetic dominant state – can be hard to identify when we are in that state. Managing Neuro-Diversity Can Be Challenging Many autistics of all ages seem to struggle with emotional regulation They do not always exhibit typical emotional signals, which can make it hard for other people to help co-regulate them Difficult behaviour is NOT an inherent part of autism, but where parents do not know this they can ap...

The Context & My Teaching Goals  This lesson took place with 12 Year 1-2 students, of varying mathematical ability and experience. Students also had varied levels of inter-personal communication skills. The students had worked in buddies for maths only for a week at the time this took place. My professional goal was to support  listening, wait time and rephrasing of the problem by students (Maths Talk Moves). A secondary goal I had was to scaffold the students conversations and work approach, so that each partnership was actively conversing and working on a solution (not one doing; one watching/listening/spectating). The Problem  Thomas took a basket of tools to the sandpit. Some were buckets and some were spades. How many of each? Feedback from Observer * Talk moves were clearly scaffolded and students used them confidently * Make the problem larger (on screen) or give a paper copy to each child so the numbers can be seen easily. * To increase engagement, h...