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Discover the importance of nutrition, sleep, vision, stress management, and exercise for optimal brain function and overall well-being. Learn how these factors impact student performance and cognitive abilities. Get cutting-edge information and strategies to support brain health. Find out why caring for yourself means caring for your students. Uncover the effects of these practices on raising kids and improving test scores. Explore the necessity of oxygen, glucose, and water for the brain. Beware of artificial neurotransmitters' impact on natural production. Learn about sleep findings and recommendations for different age groups. Access key sources for further information and contact details for expert advice.

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  1. Things we will address: • Nutrition • Sleep • Vision • Stress • Exercise

  2. Goals: Why should I care? • Take care of you – take care of your students. • Focus on raising kids • Effect: raise test scores • Cutting edge information and strategies

  3. Our Brain Needs… 1. Oxygen 2. Glucose 3. Water

  4. Use of artificial neurotransmitters, i.e. caffeine, during the first twelve years may interfere with the nervous system’s ability to naturally make them for the rest of a person’s life!!

  5. Brain Finding Imperative

  6. ...Refined Sugar, everything of food value has been removed except the carbohydrates-pure calories, without vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats, enzymes or any of the other elements that make up food

  7. Tell a relevant story • Show a relevant video • Do a relevant activity

  8. Sleep IS Important!!

  9. Sleep Findings Stryker 2001 Sleeping after learning grows TWICE as many neural dendrites as just learning the material Recommendations:

  10. Average daily sleep needs: Preschoolers 3-5 years: 11-13 hours 1st - 8th Graders (5-12 years) 9-11 hours Adolescents &Teens 8.5-9.5 hours Adults On average: 7-9 hours

  11. Sleep Patterns for the Adolescent Brain > 50% of high school students in REM sleep after 3 minutes, should take 90 minutes to get there Brown U. study

  12. Video

  13. From words to images

  14. Stress

  15. Exercise

  16. Key Sources • www.brainrules.net • http://nerds.unl.edu/brain

  17. Please tell us some of the recommendations you have learned today. For more information, please contact: Dr. Ron Bonnstetter rjb@unl.edu Kirsten Smith ksmith@lps.org Cindy Larson-Miller clarson-miller@unl.edu Sara Yendra syendra2@unl.edu

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