Goals and Objectives of this Course:

• Explain how connection is essential for academic and behavioral success.
• Apply neuroscience research to build stronger connections with students.
• Set intentions for building six types of connections in the classroom.
• Understand how emotions affect learning and plan for creating a nurturing learning environment.
• Analyze disconnecting pressures to create more connection in the classroom.
• Recognize the role that addiction plays in the classroom and use this knowledge to create authentic emotional attachments.
• Support students to see challenges from a positive and rewarding perspective.
• Examine research about emotional connections to create lesson and unit plans.