Dr. Christopher Slaton practices Education and Science to help you inform your brain and to discipline your body through the process of how you focus to live, learn, think, and respond to tension, stress, or pressure. He is the author of ‘Education and Science’ literature and the founder of the Human Systems Science: the study of brain, body, and sense events to improve the sense and receive path functions of people that have been hurt by major life events in the home, school, neighborhood, and workplace networks.
Trenches story: He refers back to when he first moved into consultancy. Had a research subject child (8) who had been exposed to drugs in utero. Had an IEP. Grandparents were raising her, he had to intervene, figure out how to neutralize disagreement. Couldn’t understand why they wrote the IEP the way they did. Child hadn’t experienced success in school. Why are her responses happening such as they are? He had to look at family, medical, how to put together an IEP. Didn’t know how to inform grandma about how to help granddaughter. School psych were only looking at diagnostics. When brain is damaged, it impacts how child interacts with people. He observed how she interacted. Talked to the grandparent first. Had data and needed to use it to help child do better in school. They automatically resist to “normal” school environment. They didn’t initially look at mental health. Child couldn’t recognize pain of the emotion. The reason she was misbehaving was b/c she wasn’t processing. Had to obtain education records. Teachers working with this kid began working with his team & responded to her. She graduated on time. The county had a different opinion. He showed them w/ literature how it relates to sensory path damage. He’s in education trying to correct problems. You need to show her signs of care so she doesn’t withdrawal.
What is Human Systems Science, and how does it relate to the Brain’s Body? His researcher is taking notes as he observes the way the child is responding. They record the environment with video & audio digitally, analyze and see how child can evolve. IEP process is how environment has impact on child. Child (8) had problem controlling her anger. They had to figure out how to calm her down. The research they take the publish reports on. Schools don’t understand science of informing the brain. Ppl were trying to steal his work. Researchers confirmed his work. Was able to change community participation levels.
What are sense and receive path functions, and how do they relate to educators when you’re working with students with classroom management? Explain in layman’s terms. Translates to brain’s body research. It’s about contact interaction. You can understand what you feel like. What you need to know, adrenaline running through the brain. You look @ body to see whether they have discipline & control. If he’s working with teachers about improving CR discipline, he asks “can you feel this experience”, “is this kid prepared to receive instruction”. Kids need to sense, feel and focus. Click To Tweet. His theory comes back to criminal justice classes, early development of schools. Discipline is teaching a child to sit still in relation to school, getting the proper grade. Real discipline is informing the child’s brain of the expectation of them. It’s a mental/physical process. Over time the child can begin to understand this. It separates them from instruction b/c of fear. Encompasses how children make contact, interact, experience interconnectivity. Synthesize. When kids see teachers response, they modify their own behavior. There wasn’t anything wrong with brain, it was trauma. They taught him how to connect his emotions to predict safety. When they trust you, they help you realize how to better address their needs. Teach the kid how to experience teacher. It’s not your body I’m talking to, it’s your brain. Calm comes from the inside out. It’s Bloom’s Taxonomy.
He’s also worked with severe cases of TBI. His lane is understanding how to help children how to move thru the crises of self. Teach a child how to transfer experience to interaction to understand the experience they’re having. He developed his practice from using 30 yrs hands-on interactions with children & parents, has written 5 books on research.
He runs a non-profit who can reach out for services. He examines brain paths of children, runs community-based events. Mentee/mentor relationship. He looks at improving child-family community relationships. Child, development, community projects. Police, fire dept, social services. They want to figure out children/families. Community-based learning project. Then they understand how to process math. Going back to school is easier to learn how to do school. You have to manage the process of becoming focuses. They look at how the process has evolved. Dealing with human relationships. Understand that we have to have a platform to build human assets. He wants people to not put negative energy into others. The officer has to show signs of care. Respond to the care- like putting hands up. Teasing, bullying, peer pressure is how gangs suck kids out. It’s the labor from kids the gangs want. Teach kids sense of self & the brain. Connection between person (object). body, brain. Something inside you that allows you to make choices. It’s basic human learning. Studies of watching how humans make contact & interact. You fear the unknown, the interaction. Human-based learning in a community is a practice. Progressive investing. Relates it to parents-how does it feel to be your age, with lost sense of self. Kids today are on edge b/c they are doing many things expected of adults. He can assess energy, action, feelings by assessing blood temperature. Contact interaction-experience how they feel the brain. Reading, writing, drawing, perf. arts, talking to the brain. Harder for males to move thru school. Misunderstanding of the labor.
Talk about your latest book: he’s an advocate who has had special needs kids who have grown & involved. His own daughter has intestinal difficulties. It’s all about understanding sensory & receive functions. When a kid doesn’t understand structure. Sensory/receive paths have been warped. His group formats kids, to understand how to sit still. Over series of classes & workshops.
Out of everything: it’s education science- the power of the brain. Plato, Socrates, talked about the brain. It all ties into the philosophical perspective of the brain. He talks about disciplining the body on how to focus the brain.
Where can ppl find you online? https://www.drchristopherkslaton.com/
https://www.facebook.com/christopher.slaton.71 he has a blog. Also has begun to podcast. BuzzSprout, YouTube: Brain’s Body. Amazon profile: Amazon.com: Christopher K. Slaton: books, biography, latest update
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