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Understanding Seizure Types, Causes, and Connections to Stress and Brain Injury: Connecting Students’ Sensory and Neurological Functioning with School Learning, Socialization, and Disabilities (Part III)

In this third Blog, we discussed the types and impact of seizures on students’ learning and engagement in school. We especially focused on (a) the root causes and brain locations of the seizures cover...

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Differentiating Headaches and Four Different Types of Migraines: Connecting Students’ Sensory and Neurological Functioning with School Learning, Socialization, and Disabilities (Part II)

Part II of this Blog Series explains the differences between common headaches and migraines, highlighting how migraines are a distinct neurological condition with more severe and complex symptoms. Blo...

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Connecting Students’ Sensory and Neurological Functioning with School Learning, Socialization, and Disabilities: A Primer on Vision, Hearing, and Respiratory/Nasal Functioning (Part I)

Blog introduces a multi-part series examining how biological conditions affect students' school success. This Part I focuses on vision, hearing, and respiratory/nasal functioning, emphasizing that edu...

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Students' Health, Mental Health, and Well-Being Worsens Over the Past 10 Years: Summary of the August 2024 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Report (Part IV)

Blog summarizes the CDC’s national 2013-2023 Youth Risk Behavior survey results for high school students. Detailing the shaky emotional status of our students, the Blog asserts why students need multi...

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Too Many Schools are Teaching Students to Control their Emotions. . . the Wrong Way! Because They Don’t Understand the Science, They Won’t Succeed in the Practice

Most schools teach students emotional self-control or self-regulation in ways that ignore the neurobehavioral and psychological research-to-practice. This Blog details the correct science-to-practice...

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The Three Keys to Closing Students’ Academic and Social-Emotional Gaps

Blog discusses the predominant academic and social, emotional, and behavioral challenges for students in our schools today, and describes (with links to a recent national radio interview and past Blog...

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