Schools Attuned Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Department of Education’s Collaborative Symposium on Learning… a Huge Success

Edmond, OK – On Friday, October 5th, more than 230 educators from across the state of Oklahoma gathered at the University of Central Oklahoma to learn about the science of learning in hopes of creating success for their students. The focus of the day was on the Schools Attuned Program, a research-based program for K-12 educators that helps them understand how students learn and how to identify and manage learning breakdowns.

Educators gathered to hear All Kinds of Minds co-founder, renowned pediatrician, author, and learning expert, Dr. Mel Levine present the neurodevelopmental framework which the Schools Attuned Program is based on. In addition to Dr. Levine, superintendents, teachers, and other educational leaders shared strategies for reaching struggling students, links between the Schools Attuned Program and other federal and state educational initiatives and programs, as well as their success stories.

“The goal of the symposium was to bring together general and special education teachers to promote deeper understanding of how the Schools Attuned program enhances instruction delivery methods to include the knowledge of how people learn, identifying educational strengths and weakness, and providing strategies to meet the learning needs of all students. This symposium ignited renewed interest and enthusiasm in teachers’ belief that all students not only can learn…but will learn when teachers are equipped with tools to meet their needs.” said Dr. Sheryl Flowers, State Coordinator for Schools Attuned Oklahoma.

The Schools Attuned Program in Oklahoma is funded through the Oklahoma Department of Education and the Oklahoma state legislature, who, in concert with private and philanthropic sources, subsidize the $1500 per participant cost for public school educators. Participants in the program learn about eight neurodevelopmental constructs that affect learning. In addition to focusing on how the brain is “wired”, the program examines various ways students learn, patterns of students’ differences in learning, and how students passions and strengths can be used to overcome weaknesses within the regular classroom. The framework and tools provided in the Schools Attuned Program allows parents, teachers, and children to work together to conquer student learning differences.

Further information about the Schools Attuned Program in Oklahoma is available at: www.allkindsofminds.org/sa/stateprogram_ok.aspx or by calling 918-760-4435.