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The Schools Attuned Program is designed to reflect the
most current, research-based principles of professional development that
changes teaching practice and have a positive impact on student outcomes.
The Schools Attuned Program staff at All Kinds of Minds and other experts
review the program using the National Staff Development Council's
standards and other research findings.
The Program incorporates these critical features:
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New framework for understanding learners: presents the science
of neurodevelopmental content in the context of the artistry of teaching.
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Guiding Principles: offers a set of guiding principles that
describe how educators can support rigorous goals for all students by creating
a system of educational care in the classroom.
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Attuning a Student: a systematic process whereby educators,
students, and parents use neurodevelopmentally-based observation instruments to
understand students’ learning profiles and eliminate the mystery of the
learning process.
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Alliance Formation: a unique learning partnership that enables
students, parents, and teachers to understand and talk about learning
differences, appreciate student strengths, and take responsibility for
achieving standards.
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Professional Conversation: strengthens the skills required for
participants to bring neurodevelopmental understanding and the Guiding
Principles of the Schools Attuned® Program to discussions with colleagues and
parents about struggling learners.
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Instructional Resources and Classroom Accommodations:
research-supported strategies linked to the neurodevelopmental content,
including strategies students can use to manage their own learning profiles.
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Subject and Lesson Analysis: analysis of the
neurodevelopmental demands of curriculum and instruction and its impact on
student learning.
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Each delivery method offers the Schools Attuned Program with
the following elements:
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Videos based on the work of Dr. Mel Levine showing the use of
neurodevelopmental knowledge and the Schools Attuned Program processes in
classrooms.
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Readings from books and articles by Dr. Levine and others.
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Small group work to provide opportunities for the active
assimilation of content and practice of skills.
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Case studies to help participants understand and use the
neurodevelopmental constructs to analyze students’ unique learning profiles and
curriculum demands.
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Demonstration and practice of the tools and processes of the
Schools Attuned Program to put information into use in the classroom and with
individual students.
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Preparation for implementing the Schools Attuned® Program in
the school setting, including lesson analysis, developing personalized learning
plans for identified students and making a variety of classroom accommodations.
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Practicum experiences offered during the school year in which
participants meet on a regular basis with Schools Attuned colleagues in their
geographic area and receive online support for implementation and other complex
issues.
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Participants receive a certificate of completion upon
completing all aspects of the Schools Attuned Program.
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What You'll Learn:
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Methods to understand differences in learning
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Ways to communicate with parents about their child’s learning
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Ideas for collaborating with colleagues about students’
learning
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How to develop strategies to meet the learning needs of
students
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A deeper understanding of K-12 students as learners
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