Have you heard of the expressions like- oh he has the brain in the knee, knee jerk reaction or...
How About A Checklist for Siblings?!
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, art of living, child, compassion, leadership, mani pavuluri, parenting, problem solving, relationship, resilience, sibling rivalry, 0I just finished reading the book ‘The Checklist Manifesto’ by Atul Gawande how we can benefit by approaching any...
Concentration: Is the Problem Real?
admin, , Helping Teachers, adolescent, attention, brain function, child, cognitive, concentration, emotion, focus, frustration tolerance, learning, mani pavuluri, Motivation, problem solving, resilience, sensorimotor integration, stress, teacher, teen, thinking, ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, 0Often at school and home alike, we see children perform variably across tasks. Countless times, teachers and parents ask...
Story Telling: The Power of Talk
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, child, communication, conversation, executive function, language, learning, mani pavuluri, sentence construction, social skills, story telling, talking, 2Story telling is an art. Being able to communicate with the beauty of words put to good use is...
Brain Wiring: Understanding Children
admin, , Helping Teachers, adolescent, attention, brain, child, cognitive, Emotion Processing, Emotion Recognition, Emotion Regulation, empathy, executive function, flexibility, impulse control, information, mani pavuluri, Motivation, organization, Perspective Taking, Planning, problem solving, Remembering, Response Inhibition, Verbal Memory, working memory, 0Basics first. Children’s brain functions are still developing. There is a wide margin for what is normal and healthy....
Loving Too Much: So?
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, affection, bond, boundaries, boundary, caring, child, kindness, love, mani pavuluri, parenting, Respect, 0I recall hugging, playing, dancing and kissing my toddler sons with such joy and intensity. I asked a lot...
Prefrontal Cortex: CEOs of Emotion and Cognition
admin, , Explaining Brain, adolescent, amygdala, bipolar disorder, brain, brain function, child, cognitive, domain, Dorsolateral PFC, emotion, executive function, learning, mani pavuluri, medial prefrontal cortex, Orbitofrontal Cortex, thinking, Ventrolateral PFC, whole brain networks, 2When I think of multiple CEOs of prefrontal cortex (PFC): I think of multiple C level executives of Caterpillar...
Amygdala and Emotions
admin, , Explaining Brain, adolescent, amygdala, bipolar disorder, brain, brain function, child, cognitive, domain, emotion, feeling, frustration tolerance, learning, mani pavuluri, stress, teen, 2I was delivering a speech in University of Athens, Athens, Greece. I was describing that amygdala is the size...
Domino Effect of Bullying at School
admin, , Helping Teachers, adolescent, bullying, child, conduct, defend, emotion, friends, learning, mani pavuluri, resilience, school, self esteem, skills, social skills, stress, 2What is often not noted in school is the ripple effect of bullying. Especially in a therapeutic school, but...