THE Cerebral Podcast

EP72: The Enrichment Approach with Balance, Coordination, Hyperfocus and Flow

I start out with a word play about balance and coordination. Then, I use a quote from female boxing champion Laila Ali. Next, I will talk about the concepts of hyperfocus and flow. I also talk about falling with information from the Cerebral Palsy Guidance website. 

In this week's RITE OF PASSAGE EXPERIENCES or ROPE, I am talking about hyperfocus and becoming absorbed by the need to avoid falling. I make comparisons to my brain power and a computer’s RAM.  

Episode resources

Laila Ali - Focus on being balanced - success is balance.

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/laila_ali_706366

Hyperfocus: Definition, Benefits, Disadvantages, and Tips for Control

https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/hyperfocus-flow

Cerebral Palsy and Falling Issues

https://www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com/cerebral-palsy/living/falling-issues/

EP71: The Enrichment Approach with the Stop, Look, Analyze, and Manage Method

I start out with a word play about situational scans. Then, I use a quote from Dr. Phil McGraw. Next, I talk about disability processing issues with speed, number, abstraction, and complexity. I talk about the SLAM Method which is used in risky and unsafe situations. 

In this week's RITE OF PASSAGE EXPERIENCES or ROPE, I am talking about defensive walking and some dangerous falls that I've taken as a kid with crutches. I also talk about risk in second grade and being stung by yellowjackets. 

Episode resources

Phillip C. McGraw Quotes (Author of Self Matters)

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/20333.Phillip_C_McGraw?page=2

Cerebral Palsy and Falling Issues

https://www.cerebralpalsyguidance.com/cerebral-palsy/living/falling-issues/

Situational Awareness and Survival

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hope-resilience/202010/situational-awareness-and-survival

SLAM

https://www.ssoe.com/s-l-a-m/

EP70: The Enrichment Approach with ZPD and College Student Involvement

I start out with a word play about collaborative experiences in college. Then, I use a quote from former  President Dwight Eisenhower. Next, I talk more about psychological advice about social interactions and the Zone of Proximal Development. 

In this week's RITE OF PASSAGE EXPERIENCES or ROPE, I talk about Marist College student involvement. Then, I talk about helping a pregnancy shelter and gaining new insights. I also talk about my experience as a news intern at a local radio station. In addition, I talk about an interview I did for the 1993 movie Philadelphia.  

Episode resources

Dwight D. Eisenhower - Leadership is the art of getting...

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/dwight_d_eisenhower_101562

Zone of proximal development

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_proximal_development#Scaffolding

Good Counsel Homes - Who We Are

https://www.goodcounselhomes.org/about-us/who-we-are

Ron Nyswaner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Nyswaner

Tom Hanks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hanks

Marist College Student Involvement

https://www.marist.edu/student-life/involvement

EP69: The Enrichment Approach with ZPD and College Residence Life Training

I start out with a word play about ships. Then, I use a quote from former  First Lady Michelle Obama. Next, I talk about psychological advice about social interactions and the Zone of Proximal Development. 

In this week's RITE OF PASSAGE EXPERIENCES or ROPE, I talk about residence life training. Then, I talk about how my role as an RA in college helped me to terminate some social anxiety by taking me out of my comfort zone.

Episode resources

Michelle Obama - Do not be afraid to ask for help. Nobody...

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/michelle_obama_791418

Zone of Proximal Development and Scaffolding

https://www.simplypsychology.org/Zone-of-Proximal-Development.html

EP68: The Enrichment Approach with Ruminations and Relationships

EP68: The Enrichment Approach with Ruminations and Relationships

I start out with a joke about roommates. Then, I use a quote from actor Henry Winkler. Next, I talk about advice from the College Board about roommates and boundaries. 

In this week's RITE OF PASSAGE EXPERIENCES or ROPE, I talk about my freshman roommate discussions and resetting some personal boundaries. I also talk about a visiting safe-sex college lecturer and ruminate about building relationships, trust and boundaries.

 

Episode resources

Henry Winkler - A human being's first responsibility is to...

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/henry_winkler_320338

 

College Roommates: The Basics – BigFuture

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/find-colleges/campus-life/college-roommates-the-basics

EP67: The #Enrichment Approach with #CASEL, #Marist College and #Reasonable Accommodations

I start out with a joke about punctuation and a quote by Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. I am also talking about CASEL and reasonable accommodation. In some ways college became easier for me because of the physical and college support systems.

In this week's RITE OF PASSAGE EXPERIENCES or ROPE, I am talking about my college transition to Marist College. And speaking up with my crutches in public speaking class. 

 

Episode resources

Marcus Aurelius - Nothing has such power to broaden the...

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/marcus_aurelius_118558

Stoicism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism

SEL: What Are the Core Competence Areas and Where are they Promoted?

https://casel.org/sel-framework/

About IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

https://sites.ed.gov/idea/about-idea/#IDEA-Purpose

Marist College Accommodations and Accessibility

https://www.marist.edu/academics/academic-resources/accommodations-accessibility

EP66: The Enrichment Approach with Fight, Flight, and Freeze Responses

For the month of July I have been talking about freedom and independence. Today I am talking about the fight or flight response.

In this week's RITE OF PASSAGE EXPERIENCES or ROPE, I am talking about some of the difficulties I had with the fight and flight response in school.

Episode resources

Peter A. Levine - Basically, in the fight-or-flight...

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/peter_a_levine_864308

What Is Fight, Flight, or Freeze?

https://psychcentral.com/blog/fight-flight-freeze-stress-response#takeaway

Somatic experiencing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_experiencing

 

EP65: The Enrichment Approach with Campy Word Plays and Tina Fey

During the month of July I have been talking about freedom and independence. Today I will be talking about improvisation and the theory of Yes, …and.

 In this week's RITE OF PASSAGE EXPERIENCES or ROPE I am talking about summertime experiences with doing campy style plays at Camp Jawonio. I also talk about the campy James Bond spoof we performed.

Episode resources

Improv lesson from Tina Fey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmafmRIeet0

Tina Fey - I think if you ask any of us here, we...

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/tina_fey_173881

Yes, and...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and…

Goldfinger (film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfinger_(film)

Tina Fey’s 4 Rules of Improv

https://laugh-masters.com.au/tina-feys-4-rules-of-improv/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_352d0136fb327ae0ff1b6f11f98816d54c108107-1626548229-0-gqNtZGzNAfijcnBszQai

Jawonio Summer Education Program

https://jawonio.org/summer-education/

Episode 64: The Enrichment Approach with the Reptilian Brain, and V: The Miniseries

I started with reptile joke. And a quote from professor Robert Sapolsky. During the month of July, I have been talking about freedom and independence. Today I will be talking about the primitive or reptilian brain.

In this week's RITE OF PASSAGE EXPERIENCES or ROPE I will be talking about my first exposure to reptiles in the NBC TV miniseries V. It was a 1983 science fiction miniseries about reptile aliens that first appear to be human.

Episode resources

Don’t Listen to Your Lizard Brain

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/managing-your-memory/201712/don-t-listen-your-lizard-brain

V (1983 miniseries)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_(1983_miniseries)

Robert Sapolsky - The stress response is incredibly...

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/robert_sapolsky_1078829

Triune brain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triune_brain

V The Original Miniseries NBC Teaser (Widescreen HD - Remake)

 

Incredible Hulk podcast episodes

https://thecerebralpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-2-the-power-of-weakness-with-the-incredible-hulk-and-th/

https://thecerebralpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-40-the-enrichment-approach-and-my-trip-with-the-incredible-hulk/

https://thecerebralpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-41-the-enrichment-approach-with-daredevil-with-the-incredible-hulk/

 Bionic podcast episodes

https://thecerebralpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-38-brain-neuroplasticity-viacom-and-my-root-with-the-hss-and-bionic-man/

https://thecerebralpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-39-neuro-rehabilitation-the-grade-approach-and-the-bionic-showdown/

 

Episode 63: The Enrichment Approach with Independence, and the Statue of Liberty

Today I will be talking about the preamble to the Declaration of Independence. 

In this week's Rite of Passage Experiences or ROPE, I am talking about not being allowed to go on a class trip in third grade to the Statue of Liberty.

 

John Locke - All mankind... being all equal and...

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/john_locke_169395

WIKIPEDIA: John Locke

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke

Declaration of Independence: Preamble: Lesson Plan

https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/lessonplan/doi_preamble.html

Statue of Liberty Fast Facts

https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/03/us/statue-of-liberty-fast-facts/index.html