Introduction
The Social-Emotional Brain course is one of three courses part of the Social-Emotional Teaching & Learning in the Trauma-Informed Classroom Certificate Program. This course helps educators understand how the brain processes emotion, stress, and learning—and how this knowledge can be applied to improve classroom experiences. Educators who teach with an understanding of the social-emotional brain tend to have well-managed classrooms, fewer discipline issues, increased student learning, and reduced job-related stress. As part of the full certificate program, this course supports the development of classroom-based lessons that help students manage stress, enhance focus and well-being, and engage more effectively with literacy practices rooted in trauma-informed teaching.
Program Details
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4.5 CEs University of Pennsylvania Continuing Education Credits
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135 ACT 48 Credit Hours
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December Grades will be awarded
Course participants learn how to best reach the explosive child, the disconnected child, the child of trauma and the chronically inattentive child. They explore what the emotional brain teaches us about the best way to structure lessons and build a safe learning community.
Participants consider their students' social/emotional developmental issues and needs at various ages, how gender differences impact learning, ways to lessen anxiety, fear and avoidance and systems of classroom management that align with brain-based research and the PLN frameworks. Participants apply the concepts and strategies, reflect in ongoing journals and develop a final project as they learn about related topics of interest including the biology of emotion and how it impacts learning, self-concept, and self-advocacy.
Schedule:
| Date | Time (ET) |
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| Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | 4:30 - 7:30 PM |
| Tuesday, September 23, 2025 | 4:30 - 7:30 PM |
| Tuesday, October 7, 2025 | 4:30 - 7:30 PM |
| Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | 4:30 - 7:30 PM |
| Tuesday, October 21, 2025 | 4:30 - 7:30 PM |
| Tuesday, November 4, 2025 | 4:30 - 7:30 PM |
| Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 4:30 - 7:30 PM |
| Tuesday, December 2, 2025 | 4:30 - 7:30 PM |
| Tuesday, December 9, 2025 | 4:30 - 7:30 PM |
| Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | 4:30 - 7:30 PM |
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