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LeAnn Nickelsen

LeAnn M. Nickelsen founded Maximize Learning with a passion for advancing education. She is the author/co-author of 10 books and delivers presentations nationally on: Differentiation, Common Core State Standards, Student Engagement, Poverty, Brain Research, Assessment & Grading, Literacy and many more – all based on cognitive theory, best practices and current research. She is known for presenting a wealth of information in an active, fun format with very specific, practical examples. Participants consistently rate LeAnn’s presentations as top quality based on her engaging style and the easy-to-implement classroom strategies. Participants walk out with many ideas for maximizing learning for all students!

LeAnn believes significant improvement is possible in education – the research, tools, and passion exist, and her vision for Maximize Learning is to be on the leading edge of transforming the quality of education in the USA and beyond.

She is a parent of school-age twins and applies the research to the hardest jobs out there, parenting and teaching.

Qualifications:
*Certified Brain Research Trainer (Jensen Learning)
*Masters in Educational Administration, University of North Texas
*Several years teaching in the classroom in Kansas, Texas, & Ohio
*Member of: Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development
*Over 20 years in education
*Teacher of the Year in Grapevine-Colleyville, TX
*Co-Author/Author of 10 books.

Categories: Educator, Educator - AEIs Most Popular Educators, Educator - Assessment and Grading, Educator - Brain Based Learning, Educator - Common Core Standards, Educator - Differentiated Instruction, Educator - Formative Assessment, Educator - Growth Mindset, Educator - Literacy and Reading, Educator - Math

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Keynotes (45-75 mins)

* Growth Mindsets
* Differentiation Done Easy!
* DARE to Engage the Brain

Presentation Descriptions:

*SPECIAL NOTES:
*The descriptions listed for each presentation below are for full day workshops. Many of the workshops can be extended for 2-3 day seminars as well. If you would like a half day workshop, then we can discuss the changes that you would prefer.
*Each presentation will be geared for your specific grade level request. For example, if the presentation says: K-12, then this presentation is for K-3 or 3-5 or 6-8 or 9-12. Examples and strategies will reflect your grade level request.
*If you are interested in consistent, continuous training, LeAnn will give you her recommendation of the sequence of the below presentations based on your teachers' needs and your school data.

Growth Mindset for Differentiated Classrooms (K-12) Differentiation is a teacher's intentional response to learner's needs shaped by a unique mindset. Discover how to establish that mindset school-wide and in your classroom so that your students start to reflect a growth mindset too! To allow differentiated instruction to flourish, one must put on the mindset to take daily data and respond to it so each student reached daily goals and targets. Participants will compare and contrast a fixed mindset with a growth mindset so that they can recognize them both and use the strategies and tools to become more Growth Mindset focused!

Differentiated Classrooms: Building Success for All (Grades K-12) If you want all teachers on board with differentiation, then this is the workshop for you. LeAnn places the teachers in the students' shoes so they realize how important differentiation is for all to be successful. Not only will LeAnn model differentiation throughout this workshop, but she will help teachers explore and learn the most important ways to differentiate the content, process, and product based on students' readiness, learning profiles and learning preferences. Teachers will be able to implement the steps to building a highly differentiated classroom so ALL are successful!

The Power in Purposeful, Flexible Grouping (Grades K-12) LeAnn will show you the powerful research about how effective flexible, purposeful grouping can be. Not only will she will explain, but the participants will be flexibly grouped over 5 different ways during the workshop. Be prepared to have fun, move often with a purpose, and have the tools to implement this highly differentiated process in your classroom the next day! You will truly understand how daily data collected through the formative assessment process can guide your instructional decisions all day long.

Low-Prep or High-Prep Strategies: You Choose! (Grades K-12) There are so many powerful differentiated strategies to choose from on a daily basis in order to meet the many needs of the students. The participants will explore over 50 low-prep, high-impact, differentiated strategies. A handful of high-prep strategies will be introduced as well. Teachers will receive: learning profile templates, goal-setting strategies, pre-assessment examples, literacy strategies, classroom management techniques, anchor activity ideas, independent study ideas, and brain research strategies. This truly is a smorgasbord of strategies! BONUS: LeAnn will give the teachers an equation that will help them to choose the best strategies for students.

A GIFT for Your Students: Cultivating Perseverance & Tenacity (K-12) In an age when over half of incoming college students don't finish their projected 4-5 year program and when more people seem to need immediate gratification, it's paramount for educators to build the skills for tenacity, perseverance, and stick-to-it-ness. Join Rick and LeAnn for a provocative and practical session about how to prepare students for college and career success by activating these critical character traits. We'll explore the GIFT: Growth Mindsets, Introspection, Failure and a Toolkit FULL of the best strategies. We'll give you practical tools for establishing intrinsic motivation, relationship building, meaning-making and descriptive feedback for your aspiring students.

Maximizing Learning For All Students By Engaging "21st Century Minds" At Higher Levels (K-12) Do you want to know which researched-based strategies bring the highest student achievement and can easily be applied in the classroom the next day? Participants will explore Common Core State Standard-friendly strategies that will help impoverished students soar daily in the classroom. Teachers will evaluate different types of daily pre-assessments and formative assessments, and LeAnn will show you how these assessments should change and drive your daily instruction so that you can 'double the speed of learning'. You will even get to explore a daily lesson plan template that brings all of these pieces together.

The Cha-Cha-Cha's - Making the Formative Assessment Process easy as 1-2-3, (Grades K-12) The Cha-Cha-Cha's summarizes the steps towards successfully implementing one of the most powerful strategies that we can implement in our classrooms: the formative assessment process. Students must acquire a small Chunk of content based on the standards, and then they must Chew or process that content in different ways. While they are Chewing or thinking about the content, educators are Checking for understanding and then Changing their instruction if needed. This process can double the speed of learning according to research! You will receive the best formative assessments that you can literally use THE NEXT DAY!

Going Deeper With the Formative Assessment Process (Part 2) (K-12) If you loved the Cha-cha-cha's with LeAnn the first time and want more examples of the formative assessment process, then you will not want to miss this workshop. LeAnn focused on the teacher's responsibility of the formative assessment process in Part 1, so this workshop will focus on the student responsibility: student-self evaluation is VERY powerful for student achievement. LeAnn will bring all the pieces together with a grand finale of checking and changing instruction with her cheat sheet called The Change Packet which is filled with ideas of how to respond to data. Be prepared to go through some scenarios and make decisions.

Just Do DI! Differentiation Made Easy (Grades K-12) - HIGHLY CUSTOMIZED! This workshop is 100% customized. You choose 5 modules that your teachers need, and LeAnn will tie them all together to meet their needs! LeAnn will create a pre-assessment for your staff to facilitate the process of choosing the modules. Talk about differentiated workshops - you can't get better than this! Choose from among the following modules: pre-assessments; formative assessments; summative assessments; differentiated content; differentiated processing; differentiating the product; Learning Profiles (VAK, MI, Inventories, etc.); activating prior knowledge; behavior strategies; philosophy or mind set of differentiation; tiering; curriulum compacting; goal-setting for teacher growth in DI; differentiated homework; and anchor activities.

Maximize Student Self-Assessment with the CCSS Doesn't every teacher dream of having students intrinsically motivated to want to achieve mastery of their standards? LeAnn will show you the research that supports the power behind student self-assessment and how to help your students get started with this daily process. Not only do students enjoy the process, but teachers see more buy-in, intrinsic motivation, and excitement to reach daily goals among their students after trying these amazing quick tools.

The Best Non-Fiction Reading and Vocabulary Strategies to Achieve the CCSS (based on book: Bringing to Life the CCSS By Jensen & Nickelsen) Teachers around the nation wonder how they will help all students achieve proficiency with the first and tenth CCSS Anchor Reading Standards. Combined, these standards are asking students to read closely complex text. LeAnn will show you how to differentiate this process so all students can be successful with this process. Come learn, explore and try out the most powerful reading and vocabulary strategies that will support your learners on the journey of closely reading complex text.

Strategies to Bring the CCSS to Life: Focus on Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening in ALL Classrooms How can every teacher engage students with the Common Core State Standards? LeAnn will show you the best reading, writing, speaking and listening strategies that can be part of all classrooms. You will explore the Reading & Writing Anchor standards in highly engaging manners as well. You will see how all of these strategies can become daily habits in your classroom with your intense content. Based on LeAnn's new book that was co-authored with Eric Jensen: Bringing the Common Core to Life: 30 Strategies to Build Literacy Skills.

Making Academic Vocabulary Powerful Learn what the terms surrounding language acquisition in the new standards mean and the importance of developing strong vocabulary skills for college and career readiness. Discover the criteria for selecting words for direct instruction. LeAnn will show how these words can be 'owned' by the students so they are comprehending them, writing with them and speaking them! This session will give you powerful strategies to build these general academic terms and even the domain-specific vocabulary words.

Closing the Gap: Writing to Learn Across the Curriculums (K-12) (based on book: Bringing to Life the CCSS By Jensen & Nickelsen) Did you know that non-fiction writing in classrooms was a characteristic of poverty-stricken schools that closed gaps? Not only will you learn how to motivate students to WANT to write across the curriculums, but you will understand why it is such a powerful strategy. LeAnn will engage you will over 10 of the best ways to get students involved in writing about what they are learning. Students can't wait to share their writing, receive feedback from others on their writing, and then realize how much more they can learn by writing about their standards!

The Best Before Learning Strategies: Priming, Pre-Exposing, and Processing (K-12) Prepping the brain before learning is one of the most valuable memory strategies out there. What are the best strategies to prime and pre-expose the brain before reading, writing and learning any content? LeAnn will share the most powerful, research-based strategies that will engage students and make your job easier. Prepping the brain allows teachers and students to build background knowledge strategically so all can get to deeper learning.

The Traffic Lights of Grading in a Differentiated Classroom, (Grades K-12) Being sensitive to students' readiness levels, learning styles, and designations while holding them accountable for the same standards can be a challenge. Join LeAnn in this practical and transforming session looking at the burning issues of making grades fair, accurate, and informational. You'll consider zeroes on the 100 point scale, late work, re-dos, setting up the grade books, re-designing report cards, grading in inclusion classes, grading for gifted/advanced students, and more.

Differentiating by Readiness: The Tiered Approach (Grades K-12) *Based on LeAnn's book: Differentiating by Readiness (2009, Eye on Education, Co-authors with Joni Turville and Linda Allen) In this workshop, LeAnn will dive deeply into the concept of tiering, and yet, make this step-by-step process so easy to implement! She will explain what tiered assignments look like in the classroom and show participants how to use a lesson plan template in order to create a tiered lesson. They will participate in several activities that will prepare them to write their own tiered lesson plan. Teachers will benefit from the resource packet and the comprehensive lists of how to 'bump up the standard' and 'bump down the standard' temporarily so all are successful and love the learning process!

Assessment Over-Easy Please! (Grades K-12) When you hear the word 'assessment' does your stomach turn? LeAnn will show you just how easy and engaging effective assessment can be in the classroom. She will explore all types of assessments such as: pre-assessments (before learning), formative assessments (during the learning), and summative assessments (after the learning). She will show you how these assessments should change and drive your instruction. Be ready to go shopping for your favorite strategies within LeAnn's wonderful resource packet! The day will be wrapped up with rich discussion on how to grade in the differentiated classroom.

Dancin' With Differentiated Lesson Plans (Grades K-12) Come learn just how easy it is to create differentiated lesson plans with this time-saving DI Template. You will receive a binder that will have over 30 strategies to quickly place within your lesson plans: pre-assessments, student vesting, instructional strategies (content, process, product), grouping (tiering, flexible groups) and further learning (enrichment, homework, anchor activities). She will walk you through the planning process step-by-step so that you will have a completed, highly-differentiated lesson plan that you can teach that week! WARNING: There might be some dancin' too!

Check & Change: The Way to Close the Gaps in Learning (K-12) This powerful formative assessment process session will give you immediate tools to use in your classrooms tomorrow that close gaps! This powerful process can truly DOUBLE the speed of learning! LeAnn will ensure that this process becomes a part of you so that it happens habitually -daily. She uses a chant called the Cha-Cha-Cha's to help teacher through the process: Chunk the learning, students Chew what they just learned in a variety of manners, teachers Check for Understanding and they might need to Change their instruction to meet student needs better based on the data from the Check. Be prepared to walk out with SEVERAL strategies all learned in an engaging manner!

The Most Powerful and Easy-to-Implement Strategies to Challenge Students to Think Deeper! (K-12) Whether students just aced your learning target or they are labeled gifted and talented, these strategies are simply used to challenge students where they are with your standards. LeAnn will show you quick and easy ways to advance thinking such as: Six Thinking Hats, Open-Ended Questioning, Technology Products Based on Interests, Writing Ideas for all Content Areas, Structures for Innovative Thinking, and much more! LeAnn has examples of all to share with you and shows you how to QUICKLY and EFFECTIVELY use these tools to 'bump up the learning!'

Brain Research Workshops

Deeper Learning: 7 Powerful Strategies for In-Depth and Longer-Lasting Learning (Grades 3-12) *Based on LeAnn and Eric Jensen's book (same title) With the amount of content that teachers have to teach, how can we ensure that students gain a deep and lasting understanding of what they have learned? This practical and hands-on workshop will take your students' understanding from 'So What?' to 'Wow!' This workshop provides teachers with a 7-step reflective approach to incorporating powerful learning and content processing techniques into everyday instruction. This engaging and full-of-strategies workshop will give you the confidence to take your students deeper into your current content!

Reaching & Teaching Poverty-Stricken Brains (Grades K-12) Teachers will be inspired to try the powerful strategies that they learn from this workshop. Not only will they learn how other schools are succeeding with these strategies, but they will also reflect on how these strategies can work in their own schools and classrooms! They will explore how poverty-stricken brains are different emotionally, socially, cognitively, and developmentally. Powerful research will help them understand the barriers, but also the solutions.

DARE to Engage (K-12) If your students aren't engaged, they will not learn what you prepared for them. In this age of technology, the brain is learning to respond differently to stimuli. Because our society is rapidly changing, we must respond to the changes proactively. This funny and informative presentation gives teachers the research and powerful strategies to help engage their students more. DARE stands for: D = Dopamine this neurotransmitter that keeps the brain alert and focused A = Amygdala this part of the brain is the seat of emotion and gets top priority in the brain R = Reticular Activating System (RAS) regulates the amount and type of sensorimotor information that comes into the brain E = Essentials of Life The amount of sleep that one gets each night, the type of food that is eaten, the amount and type of exercise that is performed, and even just the time of day all affect our levels of focus and engagement.

Why Do They Act That Way? Understanding the Adolescent Brain (Grades 6-12) If educators understand the adolescent brain better, they will have more powerful strategies to use with this unique age-group. This presentation explores the latest adolescent brain research and best strategies that will enhance student's success in your classroom. This fun, hands-on presentation will change your perspective on the adolescent years.

Making First Time Learning Powerful So It Sticks! (K-12) Come and explore what the top learning experts have to say about what first time learning should look and sound like. LeAnn will share the research, examples, and steps toward more powerful learning so kids remember, think deeply about and apply what they have learned. Brain research, John Hattie's research, Robert Marzano's research, and Best Practices will guide our discussions and strategies within this workshop. Be prepared to try them out during the workshop.

Strategies that Stick: Memory Tricks for Retention and Transfer (Grades K-12) This workshop will meet everybody's needs. Not only will you learn how to improve your students' memories, but yours, also! You will understand the learning process so that whatever you teach will stick! LeAnn will take you through the 3 R's: Receiving Content , Reviewing Content, and Retrieving Content. She will help you plan so that each lesson is grounded in several memory lanes so that ALL students can remember the content. The Memory Lanes are: Procedural, Emotional, Automatic, Semantic, and Episodic. Be ready to interact with, discuss, reflect on, and apply these ready-to-use ideas! You will walk out of the workshop with over 50 of the most powerful strategies that improve learning.

Daily Lesson Plans Made Easy! (Grades K-12) 'He, who fails to plan, plans to fail.' The latest brain research on the format of the lesson plan and how it correlates with how the brain learns will amaze you. You will walk out of this workshop with a different perspective on the lesson plan and its important components. Not only will you receive a comprehensive packet of the research and examples of brain-compatible lesson plans, but you will also receive a list of excellent, time-saving tips on writing lesson plans. LeAnn will take you from the beginning with the unit plan and then to the detailed daily planning. Teachers will receive a Lesson Plan Binder that will save them time while they are creating their lessons. Throughout the workshop, they will create a lesson plan that they can use that week! Teachers will never plan the same after this workshop.

Prepping the Brain for Learning: 12 Powerful Strategies (Grades K-12) *Based on LeAnn's book 'Prepping the Brain: Easy and Effective Ways to Get Students Ready for Learning' (Crystal Springs; Co-authors: Linda Allen and Yvette Zgonc). We don't have time to waste in our classrooms! We have only 28% of our students' total time to help them learn valuable information! When we use these powerful strategies, we are helping students to learn our standards in easier and quicker ways since their brains are ready for it! Rather than struggle with learning, students will be thrilled to learn successfully and more easily. The 12 powerful strategies are: Build background knowledge; activate prior knowledge; store and retrieve information; chunk information; assess for mastery; make learning meaningful; process the content; feed and water of the brain well; get moving every day; create a safe and positive environment; invite them to learn; and use novelty and surprise daily!

Brain-Smart Foods that Maximize Learning (Grades K-12 AND PARENTS) Discover the link between nutrition and learning. Did you know that 'As we eat, so shall we think?' LeAnn explains how certain foods activate certain neurotransmitters that affect our states of mind. She will explain the surmounting evidence behind how food affects cognition, moods, sleep, stress levels and so much more. Many Wellness Programs are becoming part of schools nationwide. LeAnn has helped schools develop their Wellness Programs and educate the communities about how foods affect cognition. She also models engaging lessons for students on the topic so they can make their own choices to change their diets. Participants will receive:
*A list of excellent snacks for students to consume during the school day.
*A letter for parents explaining the research behind how food affects learning.
*A list of the fourteen top foods to eat and why they are so beneficial (SuperFoods Rx).
*Article about the best brainy breakfast, lunch and snack to pack.
*In a Nutshell Summary of the Best Foods

Calming the Raging Storms of Stress (Grades K-12), PARENTS 'Life is 10% of what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it.' This fun and informative workshop will give each participant over 30 of the absolute best strategies for dealing with stress. The stress could range from acute to chronic. Some stress is beneficial to learning and yet other types of stress could shrivel brain cells. Come learn the difference between the different kinds of stress and how the brain responds chemically, emotionally and physically to the stressors. Your life will never be the same after practicing and learning the 25 Solutions for Stress.

Literacy Workshops

SavvyVocab: Making Words Their Own (Grades K-12) *Based on LeAnn's book: Making Words their Own (Crystal Spring, 2008, Co-Author with Linda Allen) All children have a variety of background knowledge and understanding of concepts and words. So, where does a classroom teacher start with vocabulary instruction when there are such a variety of levels of understanding? What does research say are the most powerful strategies to teach vocabulary so that students 'own the words'- so they can speak them, write with them, and comprehend them? In this workshop, you will explore how to help all students learn vocabulary words successfully for long-term memory. Students will be able to process their vocabulary words in a way that is meaningful, and therefore, memorable. Teachers will walk out of this workshop with over 30 strategies to improve vocabulary instruction in their classrooms.

Differentiating within the Guided Reading Framework (K-5) Want to learn how to make guided reading time more effective for student achievement? LeAnn will show you sample lesson plans, videos of teachers incorporating differentiated strategies, sample schedules, and strategies to use within the guided reading process. Teachers will evaluate lesson plan templates, create their own, determine the best way to document reading growth opportunities, and plan their management of the whole process. Not only will she share the powerful research to support this reading approach, but she will also explain how to differentiate within the reading and strategy groups so it become a habit!

Addressing Tier 2 Vocabulary (Grades 3-12) All children have a variety of background knowledge and understanding of concepts and words. So, where does a classroom teacher start with vocabulary instruction when there are such a variety of levels of understanding? What does research say are the most powerful strategies to teach vocabulary so that students 'own the words' - so they can speak them, write with them, and comprehend them? In this workshop, you will explore how to help all students learn Tier 2 vocabulary words successfully for long-term memory and for mastery of CCSS.

Engaging Students During Content-Area Reading (Grades 4-12) *Based on LeAnn's published book: Comprehension-Building Activities for Reading in Social Studies & Science, Scholastic, Inc., 2003 Educators face many challenges trying to meet the literacy needs of all of their students. This workshop will give you several strategies for meeting the needs of all the students so they will comprehend those challenging texts and enjoy the process! The workshop is organized within the following 3 categories with several powerful strategies to support each one: Connections, Activating and Building Background Knowledge, and Making the Text More Meaningful. Teachers will receive a resource binder full of before, during and after reading strategies that enhance the engagement process.

Bump Up the Questioning (Grades 4-12) According to scientifically-based research, asking students to generate questions while reading was the strongest of seven strategies that improve reading comprehension. Students should be generating and answering higher-level questions quite often in the classroom more than the teacher. LeAnn's presentation will give you over 30 strategies to encourage your students to generate and answer questions in your classroom to get them THINKING at higher levels.

Right Words = Write Well (Word Choice in Writing) (Grades 4-12) *Based on LeAnn's book: Teaching Elaboration & Word Choice, Scholastic, Inc., 2001. Participants will be taken through a word play workshop that will have students in their classrooms speaking, reading and writing amazing new vocabulary words. Their writing will come alive and excite their readers. Participants will: know the 12 ways to elaborate within their writing; explain the 9-step writing process that ensures powerful words within writing; learn ways to enhance the word-catching step; be given several graphic organizers to organize their brainstormed words; and understand techniques to evaluate word choice creative rubrics and check-off sheets. You and your students will write with clarity and confidence after this workshop.

Successful Summarizing Strategies (Reading Comprehension Improved) (Grades 4-12) *Based on LeAnn's book: Four-book comprehension series: Inferences & Cause/Effect; Sequencing & Context Clues; Point of View & Fact/Opinion; Main Idea & Summarizing, Scholastic, Inc., 2004; Strategies support state mandated testing. Summarizing is a key way to process information so that content becomes meaningful and therefore, memorable. Summarizing is a challenging concept to master. As educators, we need to provide several ways to teach how to summarize so that all of our students can master this important skill. Teachers will explore over 30 different ways that students can summarize their learning daily. Students will never fear the word 'summary' again after incorporating these powerful strategies into your daily lessons.

Administrator Solutions

Leading High Poverty Schools Teachers and administrators will be inspired to try the powerful strategies that they learn from this workshop. Not only will they learn how other schools are succeeding with these strategies, but they will also reflect on how these strategies can work in their own schools and classrooms! They will explore how poverty-stricken brains are different emotionally, socially, cognitively, and developmentally. Powerful research will help them understand the barriers, but also the solutions.

The Mindset That Propels Differentiation Differentiation is a teacher's intentional response to learner's needs shaped by a unique mindset. Discover how to establish that mindset school-wide and in your classroom to allow differentiated instruction to flourish. LeAnn shares the characteristics of the mindset and how to develop it so that desired actions and outcomes occur.

Building Skills & Knowledge with the DI Growth Scale Discover an easy-to-use tool for building differentiation skills and knowledge. LeAnn focuses on the Differentiation Growth Scale and how to implement it. Learn about the monthly/semester goal-setting tool that countless teachers have used to produce tremendous growth. You'll be amazed at your intentional growth, and of course, your students'! Great for administrators, too!

Mastering the Common Core through Common Formative Assessment Formative assessment is essential to Common Core learning. Explore a balance assessment program and how to take the next steps in your Common Core curriculum implementation. Deconstruct a Common Core standard into learning targets and clarify the role of learning targets in student learning. You'll marvel at how quickly your students master the Common Core!

How Brain Research Application Can Affect Your School Many educationally significant brain-based discoveries have occurred in recent years. It is highly likely that these discoveries would have been ignored if the education profession hadn't been primed, alerted, and actively monitoring cognitive neuroscience research and contemplating its implications and applications. In this workshop LeAnn will reveal how understanding the brain and the complementary research can have practical educational applications that include raising student achievement.

The Brain-Based Administrator Take a deep look at how the brain affects teaching, learning, and leading and how to use this insight to immediately improve teacher behavior, classroom strategies, and leadership in your school. LeAnn offers 20+ strategies based on how the brain functions and shows you how to use them to recharge and rejuvenate your staff and yourself.

Other Topics: Walk-Throughs, How to Help Others Grow and Change, Creating Plans that Transform, and many more.

Parent Workshops

1. Brain-Smart Foods that Maximize Learning
2. Calming the Raging Storms of Stress
3. Why Do They Act that Way? Understanding the Adolescent Brain
4. Raising Resilient Children - Resilient children have an incredible ability to handle life's situations quite well. LeAnn will clearly define what a resilient child looks like and the parental characteristics that support this growth. She will give these characteristics to parents in a Parent Report Card form (you will not want to miss this priceless gift). This report card will help you set goals for you and your children (goal-setting forms will be available).
5. Maximize Parenting: 5 Key Tools All Parents Must Have! These valuable tools will bring about more responsible, resilient, and respectful family members who work together to bring about peace and happiness within the family unit.

Books

Teaching With the Instructional Cha-Chas: Four Steps to Make Learning Stick

With foreword by Rick Wormeli

Merging educational neuroscience with a formative assessment process and differentiated instruction, LeAnn Nickelsen and Melissa Dickson developed a four-step cycle of instruction -- (1) chunk, (2) chew, (3) check, and (4) change -- that has the power to double the speed of student learning. Compatible with any subject area, the book's brain-friendly teaching strategies and plentiful tools are designed to help transform students into active learners and independent thinkers.