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TRANSITIONS TO COMPLETE EDUCATION
New Hope Charitable Foundation
Thought drives belief. Belief drives behavior.
What people believe about themselves they
become.
How Relationships Impact the Brain and Learning
There is more research on the brain
than ever before, and among the more recent, and exciting, research, is that of "interpersonal neurobiology," introduced by
Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. It is a complex area of study related to how human connections and their
resulting emotions impact processes, biochemistry, and neural connections. The combination of neuroscience, neurobiology,
psychology, and psychiatry provide for complex theories on links between human interactions and brain development, yet the
basic premise is one we have all experienced. We have all felt a physical reaction to rejection or embarrassment. We have
experienced lack of focus or memory problems during relationship difficulties - particularly when long-term. And hopefully
we have all felt a physical reaction to harmonious communication.
Dr.
Siegel scientfically examinations what he calls "the interface of
human relationships and basic biological processes" important to human development. While childhood relationships
with parents, educators and friends are widely accepted as vital for a child's happiness and emotional safety, Siegel
scientifically examines issues such as how being humiliated can "be toxic to the developing child's brain." He goes beyond
the impact of humiliation typically addressed by child psychologists and parenting experts to the the changing neurobiology
of the brain as it reacts to humiliation.
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Books by Dan Siegel, M.D.
Dr. Siegel's 1999
book The Developing Mind: How Relatiionships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Become explained
his concepts and the research that lead him to the framework he eventually called "mindsight."
Dr. Siegel
has two new books coming out. One is titled Mindsight and the other The Mindful
Brain.
In 2003, with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed., Dr. Siegel wrote Parenting
from the Inside Out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive.
Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. is currently Director of the Center for Human Development, Mindful
Awareness Research Center, FPR-UCLA Center for Culture, Brain and Development.
You can read more about his concept of “mindsight”
plus find links to trainings for counseling professionals on Dr. Siegels website.
www.drdansiegel.com
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Other Experts Also
Recommend Greater Focus
on Time for Relationships
Dan
Kindlon, Ph.D., child psychologist on the faculty of Harvard University School of Public Health, has published three
books that focus on the value to children of non-academic learning and of learning through healthy relationships.
At a presentation February 28, 2006, Dr. Kindlon noted that more time for family to be together and time for sufficient sleep are both important for healthy
development.
Etta
Kralovec, Ed.D. has published two books that call for more time for families to be together because that is the only
hope families will have of building stronger relationships which are key to healthy development.
Jane
Bluestein, Ph.D., has published multiple books detailing how to instill "self-management" and true self-esteem by setting
and maintaining "good boundaries," and thus building the "positive relationships" which are key to healthy
development.
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