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Creating Connections: A Transformational Approach to Brain-Based Presenting
presented by Frank Kros, MSW, JD and Heather Higgins, LCSW-C

ALOFT Arundel Mills, 7520 Teague Road, Hanover, MD 21075

Jack's Brain, Jill's Brain: Gender Differences and Why They Matter
presented by Heather Higgins, LCSW-C

This workshop introduces participants to the rapidly emerging research on how the brains of females and males are developmentally, structurally and functionally different. Based on these differences, participants will learn academic approaches customized to the distinctly different learning styles of girls and boys.

Beyond Poverty: Brain-Inspired Ways to Understand and Respond to Poverty
presented by Heather Higgins, LCSW-C

Poverty has a synergistic and pervasive negative impact on children’s brains. Given the many developmental windows occurring in childhood, poverty often wreaks havoc on the brain’s ability to grow and function optimally.

Creating Connections: A Transformational Approach to Brain-Based Presenting
Presented by Frank Kros and Heather Higgins

UDO is known for two strengths: 1) the quality of its brain-based information and;  2) the way it delivers this information. In Creating Connections, UDO shares all the secrets of using neuroscience discoveries to present workshops in a compelling, highly memorable fashion.

Giving a Fish a Bath: The Untold Story of the Adolescent Mind
Presented by Heather Higgins, LCSW-C

Recent discoveries in neuroscience offer exciting insights into how the brains of our teens really work and the special “brain-based” challenges facing adolescents as they mature.

Rethinkg ADHD: What Works, What Doesnt and Why
Presented by Heather Higgins

Children and youth with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have unique brains. In this illuminating workshop, you’ll learn the “12 Power Tools” for maximizing the strengths and minimizing the contextual weaknesses of the AD/HD brain.

Battling the Bully: Brain-Inspired Responses to Bullying
Presented by Frank J.

ChangeYour Language, Change Their Lives: What You Can Say Differently To Transform the Tomorrows of Our Youth
Presented by Frank Kros

Neuroscience discoveries have revolutionized our understanding of how the brains of our children learn and grow.

Beyond 30-Something: Successful Strategies for Teaching Effectively Despite Larger Class Sizes
Frank Kros, MSW, JD

If you are in a school or district experiencing increasing class sizes because of tough economic times, this course is for you!  Specifically designed to address the special skills needed to maximize learning in classes of 30 students or more, this workshop is stuffed with strategie

Brain Matters: The Essentail Guide to Brain-Based Learning
Frank Kros MSW, JD

For teachers, administrators and parents who want to optimize the learning performance of their students and their children; this is the place to start.