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Practitioner Curriculum

Playbooks

Biopsychosocial Approach

The Biopsychosocial Playbook helps practitioners understand the role that multi-dimensional role that biology, psychology, and sociology play in learning and how vulnerabilities impact the learning process.

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Trust-Building

The trust-building playbook is an extensive collection of plays (strategies ) that foster and promote the trust-building process.

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Engagement

The Engagement Playbook is a collection of facilitation plays (strategies) that minimize common attention and working memory limitations and improve comprehension and memory retention.

Learn how to manipulate content, the environment, or the participant experience to make information easier to pay attention to, easier to process and and ultimately to comprehend and retain.

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Productive Participation

The Productive Participation Playbook is a collection of plays (strategies) to help learners develop the participation, interpersonal, and communication behaviors students need to actively, and comfortably participate in interactive learning experiences.

Learn a framework for teaching students new learning behaviors through facilitation, coaching, and development.

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Directing Attention

The Directing Attention Playbook is a collection of plays (strategies) that help staff begin a behavioral platform that directs and manages participant attention. Learn how to use attention management strategies to direct and focus attention.

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Coaching

The Coaching Playbook is a collection of plays (strategies) that help facilitators direct student attention and redirect off-task behavior. Learn how to direct individual student behaviors in a group setting and learn how to use facilitation techniques to increase ‘in-the-moment’ motivation and focus.

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Mentor Care Model

The Mentor Care Model Playbook is a collection of plays (strategies) that help staff mentor students. The playbook is particularly effective for programs that need a unified and cohesive mentoring approach. Learn how to unify staff and cohesively organize the mentoring process.

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Classroom Culture

The Classroom Culture Playbook is a collection of plays (strategies) that help staff create a visible and inclusive learning culture. Learn how to establish rules, create policies, and establish norms of behavior that foster social cohesion and honor individual identity.

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Program Culture

The Program Culture Playbook is a collection of plays (strategies) for internalizing and operationalizing new staff behaviors within an organizational culture. Learn how to effectively integrate what staff learn in training and professional development workshops into the organizational culture so new behaviors and skills become operationalized.

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Understanding Vulnerability

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Socioeconomic Disadvantage: Vulnerable learners may come from low-income backgrounds, experiencing poverty or financial instability. They may lack access to essential resources and face challenges related to basic needs, such as adequate nutrition, healthcare, and stable housing.
Educational Gaps: Vulnerable learners may have significant gaps in their educational experiences or face interruptions in schooling due to various reasons such as frequent mobility, limited access to quality education, or inadequate educational support systems.
Learning Disabilities or Special Needs: Vulnerable learners may have specific learning disabilities, cognitive impairments, or other special educational needs that require tailored instruction, accommodations, and support to address their unique learning challenges.
Language Barriers: Vulnerable learners who are English language learners or speakers of languages other than the dominant language in the educational setting may face additional language barriers, affecting their ability to fully engage in the learning process and access educational resources.

Social and Emotional Challenges: Vulnerable learners may experience social and emotional challenges, such as exposure to trauma, adverse childhood experiences, mental health issues, or limited social support networks. These challenges can impact their well-being, behavior, and ability to engage effectively in the learning environment.
Cultural and Diversity Factors: Vulnerable learners may come from diverse cultural backgrounds, and their cultural, linguistic, and identity differences may affect their educational experiences. Culturally responsive and inclusive approaches are important to support their learning and ensure their cultural identities are respected and valued.
Limited Access to Resources: Vulnerable learners may have limited access to educational resources, including technology, learning materials, libraries, and extracurricular activities. This can further exacerbate educational inequalities and hinder their academic progress.