Join internationally-recognized neuropsychologist Dr. Steven Mattis and other members of Cajal Academy’s team to learn about a new approach for empowering children to understand and gain agency over their behaviors and experiences.

Children’s behaviors—from sitting quietly with a book to throwing a book across the room—are easy to observe, but they can be difficult to understand. ABA therapy and other dominant behavior management techniques start from the assumption that children’s behaviors are intentional, goal-oriented acts that can be incentivized or deterred, yet neuroscientific research has identified myriad ways that hidden, neurophysiological events can influence or even determine behaviors as well as learning, social and emotional outcomes.

At this, Cajal Academy’s first community Educational Workshop, you will learn about:

• How hidden, neurophysiological events from sensory processing to chronic medical conditions can impact behaviors, mood and thought

• How trauma, including repeated academic challenges, changes children’s brain development

• The core principles behind ABA therapy and other dominant approaches to modifying children’s behavior

• The trauma-informed schools movement and approach

• The new, neuro- and trauma-informed approach being developed at Cajal Academy to giving kids agency over their own behavioral, social, emotional and learning outcomes

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