WELCOME
WELCOME BACK HERE EVERYONE WITH A TARGET DATE OF APRIL TWELFTH FOR SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT TO REOPEN TO ALL GRADE
LEVELS. THERE'S A POSSIBILITY
THAT YOUR KID COULD BE BACK IN
CLASS IN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS.
NOW I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS ARE
READY FOR THEIR KIDS TO BE BACK
IN CLASS AFTER BEING OUT FOR A
YEAR. BUT HOW DO YOU GET THE
KIDS PREPARED? WELL, EDUCATION
PSYCHOLOGIST AND FOUNDER
OF BRAIN MATTERS, DR. TERRY
LINDSAY JOINS US NOW TO SHARE
HOW TO GET THEM READY HERE.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU. GOOD
MORNING, DR.. PEOPLE WHO AREN'T
PARENTS AND THINK THAT KIDS
HAVE STILL BEEN LEARNING FROM
HOME THE SAME WAY THEY ARE
LEARNING IN CLASSES. BOY,
THEY'RE SORELY MISTAKEN. I CAN
ATTEST TO THAT HAVING THREE
KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DISTANCE LEARNING IT'S NOTHING
LIKE BEING IN A CLASSROOM ALL
DAY. I MEAN WHAT CAN PARENTS DO
NOW TO PREPARE OUR KIDS FOR
BEING BACK IN THE CLASSROOM
WHETHER IT'S JUST FOR A FEW
HOURS OR HOPEFULLY SOON ALL DAY
IN CLASS? WELL, I THINK THEY'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO I MEAN WE'RE
ALL GOING TO HAVE TO LEARN
REENGAGE RIGHT. SO I THINK WITH
PARENTS IF THEY CAN HELP THEIR
CHILDREN REENGAGE PHYSICALLY,
EMOTIONALLY AND SOCIALLY WHICH
I KNOW SOUNDS LIKE A LOT BUT
PHYSICALLY THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO GET THEIR EXECUTIVE
FUNCTIONING SKILLS REBOOTED.
RIGHT. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT
IS THEIR TIME MANAGER AND THEIR
ABILITY TO PLAN AHEAD. THOSE
KINDS OF THINGS ARE GOING TO BE
REALLY IMPORTANT. SO MAYBE
GETTING THINGS TOGETHER THE
NIGHT BEFORE OR ON SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR THE WEEK AND HELPING THEM
GET IN THAT STRUCTURED KIND
OF ROUTINE AGAIN THAT'S GOING
TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT AND THEN
EMOTIONALLY I THINK LETTING THE
STUDENTS KNOW BECAUSE THERE ARE
SO MANY UNKNOWNS OUT THERE I
THINK LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT WE
DO KNOW LIKE SCHOOL SCHOOLS
WILL SEND OUT GUIDELINES AND
TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT THOSE
GUIDELINES AND WHAT IT'S GOING
TO LOOK LIKE NOW AND THEN
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS
LETTING CHILDREN TALK TO THE
PARENTS TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE
THINGS THAT MAKE THEM ANXIOUS
FOR THE UNKNOWNS OR YOU KNOW,
THE THE SCARY PART OF IT. RIGHT
GOING BACK AND A LOT OF KIDS
ARE ANXIOUS AND EXCITED TO GO
BACK BUT THERE ARE A LOT
OF UNKNOWNS SO BEING ABLE TO
JUST TALK THROUGH THOSE THINGS
AND LET THEM REHEARSE IF THIS
HAPPENS YOU DO THIS IF THIS
HAPPENS WE MIGHT DO THIS AND
THEN SOCIALLY WHAT ARE SPORTS
GOING TO LOOK LIKE NOW AND TALK
ABOUT THAT AND WHAT'S IT GOING
TO LOOK LIKE TO HANG OUT AS A
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT? IS IT
GOING TO BE CLOSE CAMPUS OPEN
CAMPUS LUNCH TIME? YOU KNOW,
WHAT'S THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE
?AND THEN FOR OUR YOUNGER KIDS
WHAT WOULD WE DO AT RECESS?
WHAT'S THE PROTOCOLS AT RECESS
AND DO WE WE DON'T SHARE FOOD
ANYMORE AT LUNCHTIME, YOU KNOW,
ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS JUST
TALKING AND COMMUNICATING WITH
YOUR CHILDREN RIGHT NOW IT'S
GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY
IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, SO MANY
PARENTS MYSELF INCLUDED WE'VE
NOTICED A LEARNING LOSS WITH
OUR KIDS. THEY'RE NOT AT THE
LEVEL THEY SHOULD BE AT FOR
THEIR SPECIFIC GRADE. WHAT CAN
PARENTS BE DOING NOW TO
POTENTIALLY CATCH THOSE KIDS UP
?WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, A
LOT OF SCHOOLS ARE GETTING
READY TO START EVEN QUICKER
THAN SAY THE SAN DIEGO SCHOOLS
.SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW,
THE PREPARATION TO REENGAGE IS
GOING TO BE IMPORTANT RIGHT
NOW. BUT IF SOME OF THEM WANT
TO START, I THINK BRAIN
TRAINING IS GOING TO BE REALLY
IMPORTANT AND IT'S GOING TO BE
SUPER IMPORTANT THIS SUMMER FOR
INTERVENTIONS FOR CATCHING THEM
UP, RETRAINING THOSE AREAS
OF THE BRAIN BECAUSE THEY
HAVEN'T BEEN USING THAT SKILL
SET. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USING
AND PROCESSING SPEED AND THEIR
ATTENTION AND ALL OF THESE
THINGS OR THEY HAVE THEY'VE
BEEN MULTITASKING SO IT'S GOING
TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT JUST
LIKE AN ATHLETE WOULD GO BACK
AND TRAIN THEIR FUNDAMENTALS.
IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT PARENTS GET
THEIR CHILDREN TO FUNDAMENTAL
PROGRAMS THIS SUMMER THAT WILL
RETRAIN THE BRAIN FOR OUR NEW
NORMAL IN THE FALL. SOME AREAS
ARE LOOKING AT THIS PAST YEAR
AND SAYING LOOK, I NEED A
COMPLETE MULLIGAN ON THIS YEAR
FOR FOR MY KIDS. I MEAN PARENTS
THINKING OF HAVING KIDS JUST
REPEAT THE GRADE THEY WERE IN
SINCE THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH
LEARNING LOSS THAT HAS
HAPPENED, IS THERE IS THERE
ANYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO KNOW
MAYBE PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABOUT THE
IMPACT ON THAT? WELL, THERE'S
REALLY NO RESEARCH OUT THERE TO
SUPPORT THAT. MAYBE THEY'RE
MAYBE THEY'RE DOING SOME NOW.
BUT IN THE PAST THERE'S BEEN NO
RESEARCH TO SUPPORT HOLDING
YOUR CHILD BACK A GRADE. AND SO
INSTEAD OF THAT MAYBE FOCUSING
ON INTERVENING ON JUST A COUPLE
OF THE AREAS THAT MAYBE THEY'VE
LOST SOMETHING'S LOST SOME
SKILLS AND AND KEEPING THEM
WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND IN THAT
SAME CLASS, I THINK THAT'S
GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR THEIR SELF-CONFIDENCE. DR.
LINDSEY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE
TIME. AND PEOPLE CAN GO TO THE