Trainings
Breakthrough Training Institute materials
Breakthrough Training Institute courses have been adapted by Norma Neumann-Johnson, incorporating her experience as an educator and certified mindfulness instructor, the latest brain-based strategies of neuroscientist Dr. Dan Siegel, and the restorative discipline practices of Dr. Ron Claassen and his wife Roxane. Student courses are based on Mindful Schools, Emeryville, CA, curricula for elementary and adolescent children. Her newly published Be a Brick not a Marshmallow is available for purchase on this website. Check out the website store!
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Mindfulness for Students:
Elementary Twice weekly 20-minute in-class sessions - Choose 16, 32 or 48 sessions. Adolescent 30 in-class sessions, adaptable to school's period length |
Virtual or In-Person (for the '24-'25 school year) Trainings for Teachers and Administrators:
Teaching with the Brain in Mind, a course, including: 14, one hour sessions (or fewer sessions of longer length), distributed throughout months of the school year, adaptable to school's professional learning schedule including positive brain-based discipline strategies of:
Six individual hours of virtual or live training plus 2 hours/week, between class, readings and practice. For teachers, school staff and administrators (adaptable to school's schedule). Consulting Services for Schools in Transforming to a Character Education, Social-Emotional Learning (S.E.L.) or Mindfulness-themed School. Contact us for a detailed plan for your school. Make your school an award-winner like the Breakthrough North & South Magnets in Hartford, and Tracey Elementary Magnet in Norwalk, CT. Watch your academics flourish in the process! The Brain Architecture Game Also available for school staff Professional Learning schedule Click here for more info. |
Increase strategies for parents, grandparents and others in community-based organizations with our in-person, or virtual online training programs,
Parenting with the Brain in Mind, (A parenting course) Seven 90 minute sessions - days or evenings. live or virtual The Brain Architecture Game Workshop One dynamic, 90 minute, hands-on, in-person session. in which participants experience and understand how the brain is constructed from in-utero to year 8 and beyond in life. Active learning, collaborative and FUN. See Brain Architecture game page for more information. |
Course times may be adapted to fit your schedule and needs. Contact us to schedule or learn more.
"Mrs. Johnson goes above and beyond as an Educational Consultant! She works with each school to personalize training to support school needs. The Teaching with the Brain in Mind course uses an individualized approach making it easy to infuse Character Education into any school setting with immediate positive results. Mrs. Johnson partners with building administrators to determine a school- wide focus. Throughout the consultancy, Mrs. Johnson reflects on the training and modifies and adjusts, modeling best teaching practices."
Greater Hartford magnet school principal
"Mrs. Johnson goes above and beyond as an Educational Consultant! She works with each school to personalize training to support school needs. The Teaching with the Brain in Mind course uses an individualized approach making it easy to infuse Character Education into any school setting with immediate positive results. Mrs. Johnson partners with building administrators to determine a school- wide focus. Throughout the consultancy, Mrs. Johnson reflects on the training and modifies and adjusts, modeling best teaching practices."
Greater Hartford magnet school principal