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Dr. Candace Pert, one of the most creative research scientists of out time, joins with nationally renown educators Susan Kovalik and Carla Hannaford, to present a "cutting edge" video for educators, psychologists and therapists to help them better understand the "body/brain connection" and what it means to our nation's schools and service providers.
Dr. Candace Pert, the author of Molecules of Emotion , will giude the viewers in understanding the emotional connection of the body. Dr. Pert is a Research Professor in the Department of Psychology and Biophysics at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She was featured in Bill Moyer's book and PBS series Healing and the Mind and lectures extensively throughout the country.
The viewer will:
- Better understand the interdependence between mind and body
- Learn how the mind body connection and neurosciences can effect the teaching-learning process
- Be introduced to the biomolecular basis of feelings/emotions
- Understand the role of movement as critical to learning and intellectual growth
- See emotion as the link to the mind-body connection
- Observe classrooms where the mind-body connection and movement positively impact student learning
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