In light of the workplace listserv dialogues,  I thought that it would be 
important for share information on the upcoming  NAASLN webinar on Emotions!  The 
Prerequisite to Learning.  Emotions  can certainly impact preparing workers, 
training skills, and on-the-job  performance.
 
With tight fiscal resources and the need for adult educators to be  prepared 
to help new or re-trained workers  manage life under in some very  turbulent 
times, NAASLN's upcoming webinar will be most helpful.  Time is  short - the 
webinar series begins next week.  But, it is not too late to  register.  
 
The good news is that with just one registration many staff can  participate! 
  
 
So, I hope adult educators interested in workforce development will  take 
time and join NAASLN's webinar on the role of emotions and learning!   Dr. Weisel 
will be leading the series.  She is a frequent conference  presenter that has 
researched the brain, emotions, learning and workforce  development for over 
30 years.  Her contributions to the field have greatly  impacted what adult 
educators know about learning and learning  challenges.

This is a professional development course that you won't find  any where 
else.  TIME IS RUNNING OUT!  SO, DON'T WAIT.......Join the  webinar ASAP and learn 
how to understand and manage emotional issues!

Kathie Cesa, Membership Services
NAASLN Central


THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ADULTS WITH SPECIAL LEARNING  NEEDS
NAASLN

Don't miss this tremendous opportunity for your personal or  your program's 
professional development!  

Whatever your role  in adult education, literacy, or workforce development 
this session, 
Emotions!   Supporting the Critical Prerequisites to Learning, will help you 
unlock the  learning 
potential of  students, clients, co-workers and family.

Join Us February 12th, 19th, and  March 18th for the NAASLN Three-Part 
Webinar!

Emotions! Supporting the Critical  Prerequisite to Learning

Presenter (see more about Dr. Weisel  below)


Dr. Laura Weisel
Clinical Services, The TLP  Group
dr.weisel at powerpath.com

Presentation  Abstract
Do your students or clients move out of one emotional crisis  and into 
another? Are your dropout rates higher than you'd like them to  be?  Do students, 
clients or co-workers show anxiety, fears,  frustration, anger, denial, and 
blame?  Are you seeing less progress than  you think your students are capable of 
making?  Do you wonder why it is so  difficult to change the way your program 
provides services or why you can't seem  to move some colleagues out of their 
rut into implementing best  practices?

Dr. Weisel will address how the emotions impact learning, how  previous 
negative educational experiences can impede progress, offer four  research-based 
best practices you can immediately use to help all learners or  clients (or 
co-workers) begin to manage their education-related baggage,  recurring crisis 
situations, and fears of success!

The third session, in  this series of three webinars, will use webinar 
participant examples to  demonstrate how interventions can be effective in different 
learning  situations.

All webinar participants will receive a copy of all  PowerPoints and a 
workbook designed to support the webinar as a productive  professional development 
experience.

This three-part webinar session  offers:
Session I       Increasing Your  Understanding:
The brain and why humans  function the way the do
The latest research on how  emotions impact learning
The affect of negative  educational experiences and trauma on learning

Session  II      Rethinking Your Role -  Four  Interventions:
1.  Installing Positive  Futures
2.  Building a 'Safe  Place'
3.  The Four Questions to  Manage Crisis Situations
4.  Facilitating  Supportive Conversations that Matter

Session  III     Case Studies - Implementing  Interventions 
Propose  your real life situations to model interventions from Session  II.
Dr.  Weisel will take specific examples from webinar participants, 
model a careful examination  of the situation, and offer personal situations 
                    as  a way for all participants to learn and grow as a  
learning community

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER FOR THIS  WEBINAR:          
Go to:   www.naasln.org
Registration  fee:         $25/session for NAASLN  Members 
$34/session  for NonNAASLN  Members 
$35.00  NAASLN Membership  Fee
Webinar  sessions for Emotions! are offered only as a set of 3 session and 
cannot be 
                                  individually purchased.

Questions?        Contact  naasln at kocmemberservices.com 
or call toll-free 1-888-5NAASLN.

Presenter
Dr. Laura Weisel
Clinical Services, The TLP  Group
dr.weisel at powerpath.com

Experience in Adult Education and  Experience as a Presenter
Dr. Laura Weisel has over 30 years experience in  education, the brain and 
learning, neuro and cognitive psychology, research, and  behavioral healthcare.  
As a leader in researching and advocating for  systemic changes to support 
all learners, persons with special learning needs,  and persons with learning 
disabilities, Dr. Weisel consults with state, county,  and local organizations 
in the US and Canada.  

Dr. Weisel continues  her research and professional development on PowerPath 
to Education and  Employment  --  a comprehensive system for learning and 
retooling educational and  workforce development services.  Her latest research 
has yielded the  largest non-government funded database on the learning needs of 
adult basic,  literacy, at-risk youth, workforce development, and TANF 
clients.  Read  about the findings from this data at  
http://www.naasln.org/articles.htm

Over the past 30 years, Dr. Weisel  presented over 1000 conference 
presentations and seminar sessions. Dr. Weisel is  the Past President of the National 
Association for Adults with Special Learning  Needs.



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