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the amygdala is the part of the brain responsible for empathy and it can be changed

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how the brain never stops growing through out life time.

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restorative justice thrives on healthy relationships

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Isolation only leads to further issues which is why social interaction is important to have in people's daily lives.

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Changing the environment can change how the brain functions.

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It can help rewire your amygdala by changing how you think and taking responsibility for your actions.

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Because our brains are capable of change, we need to take responsibility for our actions, and they need to take responsibility for their rehabilitation.

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Positive affirmations will stick with the students through their school years and their lives.

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- victim is a real person with thoughts and feelings and  a genuine emotional response
- learning process is a forever thing

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teachers have a bigger impact than we think.

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- Most stress chemicals released means less opportunity for brain development.
- Restorative justice is more about flexibility rather than stricter rules.
- It's important to understand if you have lots of stress, your amygdala will make you have less empathy, as a result you'll be less empathetic.

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If you believe your students can succeed, they will

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Setting goals and helping students meet expectations towards their goals with the use of positive words.

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1. The speaker tells the story about how he overcame obstacles to achieve his goals, including struggles in school and with personal relationships.
2. He credited two teachers that helped him find his true self to finally realize his true potential.
3. He talks about the importance of making connections with students and how educators have a huge impact on their students’ lives.
Emily, Madi, Andrea

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teachers expectations are stressful on students.

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Communication in the classroom can make a huge difference.

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Clear encouragement, and making sure everyone understands what's expected of them, they will thrive.

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How a teacher goes about their procedures sets the tone for the expectations.

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We didn't realize that they were different until further exploration.

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We all appreciate when our ideas are solidified.

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- We have so much impact as teachers so it's important to be very careful with how we interact with our students.
- Adam's personal experience with teachers backed up what was said in the book, so it was cool to see a personal experience of exactly what a teacher's impact is.
- Expectations can be bad things, depending on the kid. Flexibility is important if kids have limitations (background and such).

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Take them seriously
Students don’t want to be looked down upon or made to feel as though their problems are insignificant compared to those of adults.

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take them seriously
don't just brush a student, take to heart what they saying to you.

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Don't just lecture them because they'll hardly remember everything.

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Students want teachers to challenge them to think positive and challenge them to set and reach goals.

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Escalation- The concept where adults become too confrontational and assert their power to forcefully, examples to respond are making eye contact are using a simple gesture, talking quietly to a student identifying the problematic behavior, asking the student what he or she should be doing at the moment, informing of the student what needs to be done instead of the behavior and no consequences, the teacher physically preventing the problematic student behavior from happening.

De-escalation- - knowing how to Deescalate student behavior is a critical component of classroom management some examples are speaking in a soft low tone, acknowledging, and naming the students feelings, avoid sudden movements and labeling one’s movements in advance to not start of the student, keeping hands with a student can see them, refusing to take students outburst and comments personally.

Why it's important?
It’s important to understand these terms as adults in the school so that we must keep our egos out of it and think of what is best to normalize a heated situation. Some situations require teachers to do very little while others require them to exert a moderate level of control and power. In these cases, teachers called the miss behavior, label of problematic, and then through desired replacement behavior.

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At the age of 6 months, we all should be able to tell the difference between animate and inanimate objects. By 12 months, we should be able to imitate the actions of others. By 3-4 years old, we should be able to understand empathy in others

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being in an environment can be the difference between a disruptive kid and a kid that is on point and ready to go

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escalation is when a behavior flares up and gets stronger; de escalation is when that behavior calms down and gets less intense

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Nurture self-respect
student has to have self-respect becoming to you as an educator.