P A R T I C I P A N T W O R K B O O K
2 0 t h A N N UA L S U M M E R I N S T I T U T E
J u l y 1 7 , 2 0 1 9
Trouble Letting Go: Addiction and the Brain
Frank Kros, MSW, JD Transformation Education Institute
6802 McClean Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21234 410-444-5415 | www.upsidedownorganization.org
Trans formation Educa tion Ins t i tu te
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About Your Presenter
T R A N S F O R M A T I O N E D U C A T I O N Translates the fields of neuroscience (brain compatible approaches) and anthropology (culture) to be practically applied to child-serving organizations and schools.
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Autism Center The Upside Down Organization (UDO) National At-Risk Education Network (NAREN)
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7 Schools 2 are Non-Public 5 Charter (Reg-Ed) 3 Group Homes Foster Care
Frank is a career child advocate, who has served as a childcare worker, child abuse investigator, children’s home administrator, consultant, college professor, attorney, writer and speaker. Frank most recently served as president of the Transformation Education Institute (formerly The Upside Down Organization), Director of the National At-Risk Education Network (NAREN) and Executive Vice President of the TranZed Alliance, a multi-service children’s organization head-quartered in Maryland.
Frank is a worldwide speaker. His engaging presentations focus on “Helping Adults Help Kids” through an understanding of neuroscience and its practical
application to everyday practices with children and youth. Frank’s brain-inspired workshops include topics such as trauma responsiveness, poverty and learning, mental health and resiliency, well-being and the developing brain, and extraordinary emotional health for adults serving children and youth. He has presented his workshops at national education, social work and human services conferences, and Frank was awarded a Maryland Governor’s Citation for his presentations on suicide and the adolescent brain. He was the recipient of the 2018 Advocate of the Year Award from the Maryland State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect and Maryland Essentials for Childhood. Frank is a member of an elite group trained on the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, or ACEs and added the title of “Master ACEs Trainer” to his bio in 2018.
What’s Different About the Transformation Education Institute?
A unique learning organization to “Help Adults Help Kids.”
Nonprofit. Proceeds go to kids at The Children’s Guild.
Applied Research. We are operating schools, group homes, foster care, mental health and after-school programs!
Word of Mouth Marketing. Our participants “spread the word.”
44 States and 7 Foreign Countries
Award Winning!
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B a s i c B ra i n A n a t o m y
HIPPOCAMPUS AMYGDALA
FRONTAL LOBES CORPUS
CALLOSUM
CEREBELLUM
HYPOTHALAMUS
Brain 101: An Introduction to Brain Anatomy and Chemistry
HIPPOCAMPUS The Mail Carrier AMYGDALA
HYPOTHALAMUS Thermostat
CORPUS CALLOSUM
CEREBELLUM Mover &Shaker
FRONTAL LOBES Learning to Drive
The Brain Made Ridiculously Simple!
TO DAY ’ S I T I N E R A RY
1. Brain 101: An Introduction to Brain Anatomy and Chemistry
2. Cortisol: The Mysterious Motivator Know as “Stress”
3. Addiction in the Brain: The 4 “Whats”
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Cortisol: The Mysterious Motivator Know as “Stress” 2.
WHAT IS STRESS? Stress is a physiological
response to a perception of a lack of control over
an aversive situation, person or event.
3 Stages of the Stress Response
ALERT! STRESS
RESPONSE DISTRESS
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Neurogenesis is known to positively regulate our learning, mood, memory and overall health.
INCREASED BY: Exercise, Complex Environments, New Learning, Nutrition, Low Stress
REDUCED BY: Distress, Inactivity, Boredom, Depression, Poor Nutrition
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Cortisol Andrenaline
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1. What’s the Brain Got To Do With It?
2. What Happens in the Brain When Someone is Getting High?
3. What is Addiction in the Brain?
4. So What?
What’s the Brain Got To Do With It?
The 4 “Whats” of Addiction
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Addiction in the Brain: The 4 “Whats”
Why the Brain: Reason #2 Because knowledge about the brain is
EVERYWHERE these days.
Because the brain is involved in EVERYTHING humans do.
Why the Brain: Reason #1
Why the Brain: Reason #3 Because the brain is where addiction
does its insidious work.
Both the “High” and the “Addiction Response” Happen Here!
The B R A I N
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Voluntary behavior in animals (including humans) is motivated by the avoidance of pain and the pursuit of pleasure. Higgins, E. and George, M., The Neuroscience of Clinical Psychiatry (2007) Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia
The PURSUIT of PLEASURE
What Happens in the Brain When Someone is Getting High? 2.
The motivation to pursue a beneficial act to enhance survival is driven in part by the brain giving a brief squirt of euphoria — the reward system.
This euphoric feeling is caused by the secretion of endorphins in the brain.
The most important of which is the neurotransmitter dopamine.
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What Is Addiction in the Brain? 3.
For much of human history, most of the pleasurable activities that we are wired to pursue occur in nature in limited supply, making it
hard to overindulge.
Addictions CHANGE the Brain.
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So What? 4.
1. Delayed Experimentation (Montana Meth Project).
2. Early Intervention. Damage happens faster in younger brains.
3. Abstinence (w/motivation) will heal many brains.
4. Medications are the future. (Ironic, isn’t it?)
5. Identify and reinforce healthy activities that stimulate the reward system.
TA K E H O M E M E S S A G E
Help everyone you know find healthy ways to produce dopamine!
Positive Relationships | Vigorous Physical Play | Goal Achievement
| The Arts | Helping Others
Healthy Dopamine SQUIRTS!
If you benefited from today’s workshop, Please Tell Someone!
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