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Cybersafe Conference

Cybersafe Conference. Emotional response of learners Jayne Cottingham. Aims of session. Awareness of incidents being reported in Dorset Understanding the emotional response of teenagers and young people What can we do to support emotional well-being. The Brain at it’s simplest.

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Cybersafe Conference

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  1. Cybersafe Conference Emotional response of learners Jayne Cottingham

  2. Aims of session • Awareness of incidents being reported in Dorset • Understanding the emotional response of teenagers and young people • What can we do to support emotional well-being

  3. The Brain at it’s simplest Thinking brain Cerebrum Emotional brain Limbic System Survival instinct brain Cerebellum

  4. Neo-cortex functions (left) Neo-cortex functions (right) LANGUAGE/LOGIC My use of words and numbers My ability to sequence My ability to analyse PATTERNS/IMAGINATION My ability to recognise patterns My ability to envisage My ability to see the entire The Brain The Top Part of the Brain – The Neo-cortex This part of the brain governs the higher order thinking skills like language, logic, pattern recognition and imagination.

  5. LONG TERM MEMORY What I can remember What motivates me VALUE & TRUTH What I value EMOTIONS What I feel The Brain Mid Brain Known as the Limbic System. This part of the brain governs emotion, values and memory. It filters information to the top part of the brain if it sees it to be valuable.

  6. SURVIVAL Fight Flight STYLE & HABIT Seek attention Show off Act and react in a pattern DEFENCE Keep my space Keep my friends Keep my things SUCCESS Be leader Be on the winning side The Brain Reptilian Brain The base, or oldest, part of the brain is called the reptilian brain. This part governs our basic responses and survival instincts like fight/flight and territory.

  7. Our response to threat THREAT Slide 1.7

  8. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Need Self-actualisation: Personal fulfilment Developing talents Gaining recognition & respect Self-esteem: Self respect Self confidence Love & Belonging: Friendship/companionship Group identity Being understood Caring Safety Needs: Security Predictability Safety against danger or threat Physiological Needs: Food Shelter Warmth Sleep

  9. The Emotional Ups and Downs of being a Teenager It’s just like dealing with a two year old!!

  10. Let’s try that …… • Risk taking • Desire for pleasure • Surviving risk - let’s do it again • Because I can

  11. Adolescents - More concerned with what peers think, less with parents/carers/ staff Seek respect, freedom and own responsibility Self- conscious Experiment and take risks Implications for schools- In teaching make use of peer groups and mediation skills Encourage autonomy, critical thinking and decision making Work on self-awareness and building self- worth Teach about self-care, self-respect and ways of feeling good without drugs Differences- Compared with young children adolescents are more likely to-

  12. Teenagers may look like adults but inside they are still work in progress

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