Based on the belief that children learn and demonstrate better engagement when they enjoy learning, Brain-Based instructional methods and lessons use evidence and insights gleaned from Neuroscience discoveries about how the brain learns best. Providing learners with authentic, meaningful and in-depth learning opportunities, the process involves student centered, inquiry based, goal-driven experiences embedded with a range of brain-friendly, multi-sensory strategies that get and sustain the learner’s attention, engage the learner, and boost Executive Function Skills and motivation while influencing the learner’s emotional state and environment in positive ways.

Exciting new findings in Neuroscience have direct implications and applications in and beyond the classroom. That’s why it’s important for teachers, parents, coaches and children to know about their brain and how it functions. Brain-Based Learning appeals to the way the brain learns best, and since the brain changes everyday for better or worse, the quality of teachers’ instructional methods and students’ learning experiences matter. Now that we have scientific proof of the brain’s Neuroplasticity, its ability to change based on training, effort and practice, it makes more sense than ever to teach the brain in ways it likes to learn so it can function at its maximum potential.

Software-based brain training typically targets specific cognitive skills and can be done with computer games and activities without “live” instruction or personal feedback. AMMPE™ Brain-Based Learning is a student centered, interactive and personalized learning experience embedded with a variety of strategies suited to the specific needs of the student(s), using any type of content. The instructor educates learners about their brain, the impact of stress on learning, and promotes a positive and vibrant environment that helps students take healthy academic “risks.”

Brain scans now confirm the negative impact of stress on learning. Studies show that students subjected to stressful learning environments and experiences have reduced memory, creativity, processing and Executive Function Skills. Students from poverty stricken areas or emotionally deprived backgrounds are particularly at risk. Neuroimaging now allows us to witness in “real” time the positive impact of Brain-Based instruction and strategies on learning, attention, memory, processing, and performance.

AMMPE™ Academic Support embeds brain-based strategies, Executive Function Skills, Mindfulness and a character building Growth Mindset to all sessions, no matter the content area. Students are taught about their brain, the impact of stress on learning, and how to implement strategies to experience a positive learning state to maximize brain function, attention, memory, processing and performance. Direct, explicit instruction is available for Reading Comprehension and Writing, if needed.

Students

Learners will become strategic, empowered and metacognitive thinkers who approach tasks with more engagement and confidence while developing an understanding about their brain, how to boost its function with specific “in the moment” strategies to reduce the impact of stress on learning and how to maintain an optimal state for learning and performance.

Teachers

Teachers will develop a tool kit of strategies to empower their instruction, positively influence their learning environment, boost performance and decrease the negative impact of stress on their teaching and students’ learning. Less time will be devoted to repeating the same directions and dealing with behavioral issues and/or unmotivated learners so more time can be spent actually teaching content, going deeper with learning and achieving better results.

Parents

Parents will develop new strategies and ways of communicating to increase the joys of parenting and decrease nagging, whining, homework woes, emotional outbursts and other stress related barriers to effective learning, optimal performance and healthy emotional and social development.

Currently, there is a wide gap between what Neuroscience has proven to be true about how the brain learns best and what’s happening in the classroom. AMMPE™ Brain-Based Learning is passionate about educating and training teachers, students, administrators, coaches, athletes, and parents about the brain and how to get the most out of it for peak learning and performance.